A Good Smoker, Like A Good Lover,

I Describe My Works As Books, But My Publishers In Spain, In The United States, And Elsewhere Insist On Calling Them Novels

I Was An Avid Radio Fan When I Was A Boy, As Well As A Great Lover Of Comic Strips

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.

For Me, Literature Is A Complex Game, Both Mental And Concrete, Which Is Acted Out In A Physical Manner On The Page.

I Was Able To Read A Movie Before I Was Able To Read A Book