I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book

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.

When someone puts an end to something, it doesn't mean that he gave up, it means that thing is not taking him anywhere.

If you want to win a great victory on any matter, make your move unexpectedly!

What's past is prologue, and the world awaits.

Somebody hearing me saying the film is stupid??Talking about "The Hospital 2"?... THey just said it, in the film! (In other words in the film there was scene saying "STUPIDDDDDDDDD

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

To lead people, walk behind them.

Shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder

I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not.

Another of these strong silent men. The world is full of us.

Your real "country" is where you're heading, not where you are.