When I Write, The First Blank Page,

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 Earth.

American Literature Had Always Considered Writing A Very Serious Matter

I Think That I've Tried Many Times To Get Cuba In My Writings, Especially Havana, Which Was Once A Great And Fascinating City.

Dialogue In Fiction Is Always Written To Be Read In Silence. The Page Is The Limit. Dialogue On Stage And On The Screen Is Meant To Be Spoken. The Voice Is The Limit.

The Relationship Between Reader And Characters Is Very Difficult. It Is Even More Peculiar Than The Relationship Between The Writer And His Characters.