Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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

#calling #describe #elsewhere #i #insist

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

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#believe #i #i am #i do #inspiration

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#hispanic #i #i do #myself #writer

I don't have any style. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#i #style

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

#character #characters #does #i #i write

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

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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

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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

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I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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