Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes

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

Author Himself I Write Just Money Myself Once Publish Reader Said Then Very Wise Write Writer Writes

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American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Always American American Literature Considered Had Literature Matter Serious Very Writing

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But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Does I Write Mind Reader True Write Writer

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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

Acted Both Complex Concrete Game Literature Manner Me Mental Out Page Physical Which

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For me, words are just words, nothing else.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Else Just Me Nothing Words

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I am a writer of fragments.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Am Fragments I Am Writer

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I am against the notion of style in itself.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Against Am I Am Itself Notion Style

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I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Am British I Am Only Spanish Who Writer Writes

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I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by night, a little bit outside society, moving between delinquency and conformity.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Books Calling Describe Elsewhere Insist Novels Publishers Spain States Them United United States Works

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I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Am Believe I Am Inspiration Lost Must Order Otherwise Title Work

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I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Consider Hispanic Myself Writer

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I don't have any style.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Any Style

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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 this or that character does not matter to me.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Believe Character Characters Does I Write Idea Matter Me Mouth Much Put Those Whether Words Write

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I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Avoided Books Calling Novels

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I have one main reader, Miriam Gomez, my wife. She reads everything I write - I have not finished writing something and she is already reading it.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Everything Finished I Write Main Reader Reading Reads She Something Wife Write Writing

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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.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Catholic Censorship Don Quixote Good Had Instance Know Many Novels Produced Quixote Write Writers Wrote

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I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that I am going to lose my language because I live in England.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Am Because Country England Forced Going I Am Language Left Live Lose Think

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I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course.

~ Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Although Am British Course I Am Live London Spanish Subject Write

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22 April, 1929

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21 February, 2005

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