What I strive to do is make my characters seem like real people so that the reader experiences them as people -… — Jaume Cabre Books Copy Share Image
The reader has information about the characters that the characters themselves don't have. We all have our secret sides. Even I come… — Jaume Cabre Books Copy Share Image
I read a lot of poetry. All types of poetry, but mostly Catalan poetry, because I believe poetry is the essence of… — Jaume Cabre Believe Copy Share Image
Along the way, about certain things, you realize, "I don't know anything about this." You think, "Is this going to sound ridiculous?"… — Jaume Cabre Book Copy Share Image
There were many books in my parents' home. I'm from a family of five children and we were all readers. And so… — Jaume Cabre Angel Copy Share Image
“A veces me asusta el poder del arte y del estudio del arte. A veces no entiendo por qué la humanidad se… — Jaume Cabré Copy Share Image
I think that's true of real life - we don't ever know anyone completely. Secrets are very important to creating a narrative… — Jaume Cabre Character Copy Share Image
Everywhere you go you find readers who are interested, even though the story takes place here in this very neighborhood. It doesn't… — Jaume Cabre Books Copy Share Image
For someone like you who's a British citizen this might seem strange. How can you ban a language? It turns out that… — Jaume Cabre Dictatorship Copy Share Image
I'm interested in how memory and power come together in evil. These are obsessions of mine that appear throughout, like the theme… — Jaume Cabre Evil Copy Share Image
Research is necessary. However, you need to make sure you don't fall into its trap. You need to have time left for… — Jaume Cabre Abyss Copy Share Image
The essence of a novelist is to invent things and speak the truth, at the same time. — Jaume Cabre Speak Copy Share Image
Each year, in this world, several languages do die out. There are certain languages that have their survival assured for many years,… — Jaume Cabre Language Copy Share Image
I'm always reading, and you learn a lot by reading. When I was twenty-five, I read a lot, but didn't have much… — Jaume Cabre Books Copy Share Image
I take all my characters very seriously - the main, secondary, and supporting characters. Even if they only appear once, they still… — Jaume Cabre Character Copy Share Image
