If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in that it is filled with blank pages, dark pages, it has stars made of words, the famous magical cube made of numbers, and there is…

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For me, words are just words, nothing else.

For me, words are just words, nothing else.

There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic...

There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic...

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...

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...

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...

I am a writer of fragments.

I am a writer of fragments.

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...

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...

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

I wrote for a weekly magazine and then edited a literary magazine, but I did...

I wrote for a weekly magazine and then edited a literary magazine, but I did...

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...

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.

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...

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 don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is...

I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is...

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,...

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...

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 left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that...

I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that...