Quote by Jaume Cabré

The reader has information about the characters that the characters themselves don't have. We all have our secret sides. Even I come to understand…

— Jaume Cabre

I read a lot of poetry. All types of poetry, but mostly Catalan poetry, because I believe poetry is the essence of language. Reading…

— Jaume Cabre

I think that's true of real life - we don't ever know anyone completely. Secrets are very important to creating a narrative work that's…

— Jaume Cabre

Everywhere you go you find readers who are interested, even though the story takes place here in this very neighborhood. It doesn't matter that…

— Jaume Cabre

For someone like you who's a British citizen this might seem strange. How can you ban a language? It turns out that you can.…

— Jaume Cabre

I'm interested in how memory and power come together in evil. These are obsessions of mine that appear throughout, like the theme of music.…

— Jaume Cabre

Research is necessary. However, you need to make sure you don't fall into its trap. You need to have time left for writing. To…

— Jaume Cabre

The essence of a novelist is to invent things and speak the truth, at the same time.

— Jaume Cabre

Each year, in this world, several languages do die out. There are certain languages that have their survival assured for many years, such as…

— Jaume Cabre