The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters.

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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...

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.

Puns are a form of humor with words.

Puns are a form of humor with words.

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...

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.

I think all writing is done through memory.

I think all writing is done through memory.

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...

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 am against the notion of style in itself.

I am against the notion of style in itself.

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 have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

I don't have any style.

I don't have any style.

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....

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,...

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...

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...

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 the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

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.