A Good Smoker, Like A Good Lover,

I Am Against The Notion Of Style In Itself

I Read The Odyssey Because It Was The Story Of A Man Who Returned Home After Being Absent For More Than Twenty Years And Was Recognized Only By His Dog.

Writing For Me, Even What You Call Serious Writing, Is Play.

I Have Assiduously Avoided Calling My Books Novels

I Describe My Works As Books, But My Publishers In Spain, In The United States, And Elsewhere Insist On Calling Them Novels