American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

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I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana,...

I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana,...

I think all writing is done through memory.

I think all writing is done through memory.

I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread.

I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread.

You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very...

You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very...

I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States,...

I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States,...

My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor.

My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor.

I have one main reader, Miriam Gomez, my wife. She reads everything I write -...

I have one main reader, Miriam Gomez, my wife. She reads everything I write -...

When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me....

When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me....

I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good...

I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good...

What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading,...

What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading,...

I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to...

I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to...

But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer...

But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer...

If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in...

If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in...

I was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a...

I was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a...

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you...

Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you...

I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who...

I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who...

Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a...

Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a...

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes...

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes...

I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book.

I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book.