I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that I am going to lose my language because I live in England

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.

If you are facing some kind of temptation, remember that it is within your power to get the victory over it.

Why are you smiling like that?""I'm just happy.""Why?""Because you're here. You're real. And you're mine.

When I turned to look at you, I was afraid to move again—the moment was just too beautiful to be lost.

When you have no basis for an argument abuse the plaintiff.

I write about what I know; and I write about things that are new to me, and that I didn't know before.

I like how small you can be on TV.

People have a hard time accepting when someone displays even the slightest amount of discomfort in the spotlight. You're supposed to soak up every bit of fame like it’s sunshine.

Observation, reason, and experiment make up what we call the scientific method.

Momma gettin' older feelin' pains In her shoulder. I gotta stay focused and remain a little soldier.

Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.