Best Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes
- I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost Believe
- But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that Doe
- American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter Always Considered
- Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread Fear
- Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title Cannot Write
- I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of… All
- Tobacco is the opiate of the gentleman, the religion of the rich. Gentleman
- Dialogue in fiction is always written to be read in silence. The page is the limit. Dialogue on stage and on the screen is meant… Always Written
- There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio. Comic
- I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote under Catholic censorship. Bedtime
- Writing for me, even what you call serious writing, is play. Call
- It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the street, it all… All
- I am a writer of fragments. Fragments
- I don't have any style. Any
- I have one main reader, Miriam Gomez, my wife. She reads everything I write - I have not finished writing something and she is already… Already Reading
- The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters. Character
- I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic. Critic
- Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me. Begun
- When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me. What means something is a page that has been filled… Any
- A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar. Always Takes
- I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fascinating city. Cities
- No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking. Absolutely
- Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled writer. Cannot Return
- If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in that it is filled with blank pages, dark pages, it… Blank
- I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was… Absent
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