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I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for myself.
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Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread.
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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.
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A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader.
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Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title.
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No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking.
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It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the street, it all becomes fiction as soon as you write it down.
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I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread.
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I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of this or that character does not matter to me.
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I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels.
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For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page.
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But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that.
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There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio.
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I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog.
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I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me.
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