Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread. Guillermo Cabrera Infante fearpublisherrush Change image and share on social
I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course. Guillermo Cabrera Infante britishlivelondon Change image and share on social
I wrote for a weekly magazine and then edited a literary magazine, but I did not really feel comfortable with the profession of journalism itself. Guillermo Cabrera Infante comfortableeditfeel Change image and share on social
I think all writing is done through memory. Guillermo Cabrera Infante memorywrite Change image and share on social
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 choicecountryexile Change image and share on social
For me, words are just words, nothing else. Guillermo Cabrera Infante word Change image and share on social
So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler of Havana. Guillermo Cabrera Infante chroniclerfatherlandhavana Change image and share on social
I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread. Guillermo Cabrera Infante frightenrushtread Change image and share on social
When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me. What means something is a page that has been filled with words. Guillermo Cabrera Infante blankfillmean Change image and share on social
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 blankbookclosely share on social
