My mother had been educated at a convent, and she had been converted to communism by my father during Stalin's most rampant period, at the beginning of the 1930s. So she had two gods, God in heaven and god on…

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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...

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...

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 am against the notion of style in itself.

I am against the notion of style in itself.

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...

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

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

I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had...

I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had...

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 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...

Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have...

Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have...

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...

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

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 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 think all writing is done through memory.

I think all writing is done through memory.

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 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...

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...