When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader

Dialogue in fiction is always written to be read in silence. The page is the limit. Dialogue on stage and on the screen is meant to be spoken. The voice is the limit.

What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one hand and the reader on the other

I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost

No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking.

Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled writer.

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