I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me

It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the street, it all becomes fiction as soon as you write it down.

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you see are images, they are telling you a story

I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book

Puns are a form of humor with words.

There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio.