I don't therefore know how to write for the big papers. It must be kids - students - and retired people. And the reality is they are overwhelmed with people sending in their holiday stories and bits and pieces and so on.

In both places [Paraguay and Newfoundland] people rise despite everything - both are pretty tough environments.

I don't therefore know how to write for the big papers. It must be kids - students - and retired people. And the reality is they are overwhelmed with people sending in their holiday stories and bits and pieces and so on.

If you see our best seller list, most of them are books that are given as gifts. They are books you give to flatter somebody.

I wouldn't like to see Cuba change in other ways. And the trouble is when Fidel [Castro] does go - I am sure he will at some stage. He will probably be replaced by some sort of Western capitalism, ultimately.

I would love to write a book that opens people's eyes to the more interesting side.

I am always surprised when people do get upset. Perhaps its just the nutty people who write to newspapers who get upset.