I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote under Catholic censorship.

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Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in...

Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in...

I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in...

I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

I don't have any style.

I don't have any style.

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 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...

I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic.

I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic.

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...

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...

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...

For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out...

For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out...

So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler...

So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler...

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

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 -...

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

For me, words are just words, nothing else.

For me, words are just words, nothing else.

When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs...

When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs...