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I Don't Much Believe In The Idea Of Characters. I Write With Words, That Is All. Whether Those Words Are Put In The Mouth Of This Or That Character Does Not Matter To Me

For Me, Literature Is A Complex Game, Both Mental And Concrete, Which Is Acted Out In A Physical Manner On The Page.

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

Many Of My Books Have Begun With The Title, Because Naming A Work Already In Progress Makes No Sense To Me.

What I Do Believe Is That There Is Always A Relationship Between Writing And Reading, A Constant Interplay Between The Writer On The One Hand And The Reader On The Other