A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar.

A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar.

Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title

The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters.

I don't have any style.

Tobacco is the opiate of the gentleman, the religion of the rich.

I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels