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 biteconformitydelinquency 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
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 beginendimage Change image and share on social
Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread. Guillermo Cabrera Infante fearpublisherrush Change image and share on social
American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter. Guillermo Cabrera Infante americanconsiderliterature Change image and share on social
You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very stubborn things, with a blank page, with the damn thing that you use to write with, a pen or a typewriter, and you forget all about the reader when you are doing that. Guillermo Cabrera Infante blankdamnforget share on social
Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me. Guillermo Cabrera Infante beginbookmake Change image and share on social
I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost. Guillermo Cabrera Infante inspirationloseorder Change image and share on social
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 disagreeprimarilywrite Change image and share on social
Puns are a form of humor with words. Guillermo Cabrera Infante formhumorpun Change image and share on social