The fact that Iam writing to youin Englishalready falsifies what Iwanted to tell you.My subject:how to explain to youthat I don't belong to Englishthough I belong nowhere else, if not herein English.

The fact that I am writing to you in English already falsifies what I wanted to tell you. My subject: how to explain to you that I don't belong to English though I belong nowhere else

My writing, such as it is, grows out of my sense of discolation, I mean, dislocation. Having lost my place, I write to find my place, or to find once again that I have lost my place.

I was born in Cuba but was made in the USA.

Every book I think will be my last one because after finishing I have the sense that I've said all I have to say, but I always seem to find a new way of repeating myself.

My father's death took me to a place I had never been and a place I had never left. In his absence, I've had to rely more on myself.

I am a loner by nature, and then I'm a writer, which makes me twice a loner.

There's a Cuban saying: Bicho malo nunca muere. Loose translation: The good die young but the wicked live forever. It seems to apply to Fidel. I hope it applies to me.

Literature is breathing. I teach literature the way someone else might teach First Aid.

I read fiction all the time. It's true that I don't like fantasy or science fiction. I like "realistic" novels, particularly those in which nothing much ever happens.

The fact that Iam writing to youin Englishalready falsifies what Iwanted to tell you.My subject:how to explain to you that Idon't belong to Englishthough I belong nowhere else

Cash flow never comes from making people redundant.

If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.

Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light.

Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.

There is a pair of snakes who have learned to drive a car so recklessly that they would run you over in the street and never stop to apologize.

I have heard of many going astray even in the village streets, when the darkness was so thick you could cut it with a knife, as the saying is...

I've always been able to survive by writing, though.

Woman, I’m trying to fight here! Or has that escaped your attention?

I've always wanted to work for, like, "Assume your audience is cleverer than you," rather than the other way around.

I'm a big fan of 'The Office,' both the British and the American versions.