My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor.

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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...

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

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...

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.

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 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...

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 have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

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,...

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.

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

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...

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

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

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...

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...