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I don't have any style.
I am a writer of fragments.
Puns are a form of humor with words.
I think all writing is done through memory
I am against the notion of style in itself
For me, words are just words, nothing else
I think all writing is done through memory.
I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.
I am against the notion of style in itself.
I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish
I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels
I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.
I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.
I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic.
I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book
Writing for me, even what you call serious writing, is play.
Tobacco is the opiate of the gentleman, the religion of the rich.
I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread
I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread.
A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar.
American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter
American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.
But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that
But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that.
If the sleep of reason produces monsters, what does the sleep of unreason produce?
I was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a great lover of comic strips
Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread
I was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a great lover of comic strips.
Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread.
My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor.
When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader
I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course
I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course.
When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader.
Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title
So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler of Havana
Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title.
So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler of Havana.
I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost
I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost.
No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking.
There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio.
Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me.
For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page.
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.
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
I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels
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.
I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels.
I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for myself