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

I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that I am going to lose my language because I live in England

Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me.

So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler of Havana

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the 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.

I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog.