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.

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

Puns are a form of humor with words.

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

Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread

Cigars must be smoked one at a time, peaceably, with all the leisure in the world. Cigarettes are of the instant, Cigars are for eternity.

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels