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Guillermo Cabrera Infante quotes

Cuban Novelist April 22, 1929 – February 21, 2005

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Guillermo Cabrera Infante quote: "There were influences in my life that were more important than..."
There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio. Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Guillermo Cabrera Infante quote: "I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in..."
I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost. Guillermo Cabrera Infante
My mother had been educated at a convent, and she had been converted to communism by my father during Stalin's most rampant period, at the beginning of the 1930s. So she had two gods, God in heaven and god on earth. Guillermo Cabrera Infante
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 has stars made of words, the famous magical cube made of numbers, and there is even a page which is a mirror. Guillermo Cabrera Infante
What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one hand and the reader on the other. Guillermo Cabrera Infante
The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters. Guillermo Cabrera Infante
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
I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fascinating city. Guillermo Cabrera Infante
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
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 recognized only by his dog. Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Guillermo Cabrera Infante quote: "I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book."
I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book. Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Guillermo Cabrera Infante quote: "I think all writing is done through memory."
I think all writing is done through memory. Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you see are images, they are telling you a story. Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Guillermo Cabrera Infante quote: "Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a..."
Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me. Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Guillermo Cabrera Infante quote: "I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in..."
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

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