#d

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

#characters #difficult #even #his #more

There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#comic strips #important #influences #journalism #life

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

#beginning #end #even #images #like

Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled writer. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#cannot #choice #country #exile #exiled

When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#enjoy #i #i write #much #myself

They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#i #paying #soon #started #success

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#film #i #i can #i think #just

The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's. ↗

— Dean Inge

#mind #object #other #own #people

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse. ↗

— Dean Inge

#horse #human #human beings #saw #shapes

In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave. ↗

— John James Ingalls

#democracy #equal #grave #last #men