For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page.

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I think all writing is done through memory.

I think all writing is done through memory.

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

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 have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

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 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,...

I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then...

I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then...

That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle...

That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle...

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...

No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be...

No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be...

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 read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home...

I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home...

It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a...

It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a...

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 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.

My mother had been educated at a convent, and she had been converted to communism...

My mother had been educated at a convent, and she had been converted to communism...

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 -...

For me, words are just words, nothing else.

For me, words are just words, nothing else.

The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than...

The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than...

I am a writer of fragments.

I am a writer of fragments.