I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in that it is filled with blank pages,… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you see are images, they are telling you a story — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
Dialogue in fiction is always written to be read in silence. The page is the limit. Dialogue on stage and on the screen is… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote under Catholic… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
