For Me, Words Are Just Words, Nothing

So I Do Not Consider Myself A Chronicler Of My Fatherland Or Even A Chronicler Of Havana

I Have Assiduously Avoided Calling My Books Novels

I Live In London And I Am A British Subject, Although I Do Write In Spanish, Of Course

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

Tobacco Is The Opiate Of The Gentleman, The Religion Of The Rich.