When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader

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.

There's no need to clarify my finger snap, " said Magnus. "The implication was clear in the snap itself.

In order to live in the reality of your God's given destiny, you must consistently guard your mind against all self-defeating thoughts.

To take control of your life ... just let go!

Delaware: a state that has three counties when the tide is out and two when it is in.

I'm sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.

Mystery magnifies danger as the fog the sun.

I'm not going to be sitting on a stool with an acoustic guitar singing about my troubles anytime soon. I mean, I'm going to sing about my troubles but in an aggressive way. In my own way.

I’ve been second my whole life.

He pulled away, but his eyes held my eyes like hands.

I wouldn't know what to do on a date. I don't have the time. To make a relationship work, I'd have to give something up, and I'm not so sure I'm willing to do that.