I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels.
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
“I hate birthdays. I hate birthday parties. I hate them. I don't know what it is, anybody's only got to come wafting near me with a piece of cake with a candle on and I break out in hives.”