There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio.

A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar.

I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic.

I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread

I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fascinating city.

When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me. What means something is a page that has been filled with words.

Cigars must be smoked one at a time, peaceably, with all the leisure in the world. Cigarettes are of the instant, Cigars are for eternity.

I was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a great lover of comic strips

So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler of Havana

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

Writing for me, even what you call serious writing, is play.

The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.

People love nobody as much as they do their hatred.

There are times when silence is the most sacred of responses.

We lived in a real rough place but my mother kept me straight.

By believing in his dreams, man turns them into reality.

If you haven't felt like quitting, your dreams aren't big enough!

When you extend your goodwill in every direction, regardless of circumstances, you begin to see that we are all one.

This day boldness is manifested in a simple grace: gratitude.

I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states.

A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning.