That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle and an end, with characters and a plot that sustain interest from the first sentence to the last. But that is not what I do at all.

I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course

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

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

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 think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fascinating city.

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.