I say that being a smart writer doesn't make you a good writer. There's obviously a difference between talent and intelligence. And it may be that at some point intelligence begins to impinge on talent, or talent on intelligence. — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
My father's death took me to a place I had never been and a place I had never left. In his absence, I've had… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
“The fact that I am writing to you in English already falsifies what I wanted to tell you. My subject: how to explain to… — Gustavo Pérez Firmat Copy Share Image
Teaching is my most reliable form of human contact. I love the opportunity to speak Spanish (which I don't do at home), the give-and-take… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
I read fiction all the time. It's true that I don't like fantasy or science fiction. I like "realistic" novels, particularly those in which… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
My writing, such as it is, grows out of my sense of discolation, I mean, dislocation. Having lost my place, I write to find… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
Literature is breathing. I teach literature the way someone else might teach First Aid. — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
Every book I think will be my last one because after finishing I have the sense that I've said all I have to say,… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
I am a loner by nature, and then I'm a writer, which makes me twice a loner. — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
The fact that I am writing to you in English already falsifies what I wanted to tell you. My subject: how to explain to… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
There's a Cuban saying: Bicho malo nunca muere. Loose translation: The good die young but the wicked live forever. It seems to apply to… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I dreaded having to write. I would find every possible excuse not to sit down at the typewriter (this was… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
