My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor.
The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters.
I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread
Tobacco is the opiate of the gentleman, the religion of the rich.
A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar.
I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course