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 — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share
A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share
I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share
You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very stubborn things, with a blank page, with the damn… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share
