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 More Quotes by Guillermo Cabrera Infante More Quotes From Guillermo Cabrera Infante Puns are a form of humor with words. Guillermo Cabrera Infante pun form humor Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread Guillermo Cabrera Infante translators publishers literature Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title Guillermo Cabrera Infante important literature writing 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 writing character believe American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter Guillermo Cabrera Infante serious literature writing Tobacco is the opiate of the gentleman, the religion of the rich. Guillermo Cabrera Infante opiates rich gentleman Dialogue in fiction is always written to be read in silence. The page is the limit. Dialogue on stage and on the screen is meant to be spoken. The voice is the limit. Guillermo Cabrera Infante pages voice silence There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio. Guillermo Cabrera Infante journalism radio important I don't have any style. Guillermo Cabrera Infante style 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 choices writing country I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic. Guillermo Cabrera Infante movie-critic critics literature Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me. Guillermo Cabrera Infante titles progress book But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that Guillermo Cabrera Infante mind doe writing I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost Guillermo Cabrera Infante inspiration order believe 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 literature wise writing 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 june book firsts I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for myself Guillermo Cabrera Infante literature writing thinking I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book Guillermo Cabrera Infante able book 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 stars dark book I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer. Guillermo Cabrera Infante hispanic
