I Have Assiduously Avoided Calling My Books

I Do Not Consider Myself A Hispanic Writer.

Writing For Me, Even What You Call Serious Writing, Is Play.

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 Wrote For A Weekly Magazine And Then Edited A Literary Magazine, But I Did Not Really Feel Comfortable With The Profession Of Journalism Itself