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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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 am against the notion of style in itself.

I am against the notion of style in itself.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

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 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,...

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...

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 am a writer of fragments.

I am a writer of fragments.

Puns are a form of humor with words.

Puns are a form of humor with words.

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

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 never a true journalist, I was a movie critic.

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

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...

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...

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...