I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic.

For me, words are just words, nothing else

My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor.

Cigars must be smoked one at a time, peaceably, with all the leisure in the world. Cigarettes are of the instant, Cigars are for eternity.

I am against the notion of style in itself

I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for myself

I don't have any style.