“I have never killed anybody, it is true, but it is because I lacked the courage or the time, not because I lacked the desire”

“I am not particularly interested insaving time; I prefer to enjoy it.”

“Because every single one of us has something to say to the others, something that deserves to be celebrated or forgiven by others”

“I would recognise myself in each of his translations and he would feel betrayed and annoyed whenever I didn't write something the way he would have. A part of me died with him, a part of him lives with me.”

“For sailors with a desire for wind, memory is a good port of departure.”

“All I know is this: art is art, or it's shit”

“The Revolution is indeed living thorough the hard times of transition and sacrifice. The Cubans themselves have learned that socialism is built with clenched teeth and that revolution is no evening stroll. But afterall, if the future came on a platter, it would not be of this world.”