I Have Assiduously Avoided Calling My Books

I Think All Writing Is Done Through Memory

Well, I Write In Exile Because I Cannot Return To My Country, So I Have No Choice But To See Myself As An Exiled Writer.

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

I Don't Have Any Style.

My Parents Were Founders Of The Cuban Communist Party, And I Grew Up Extremely Poor.