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
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
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 catholiccensorshipcervante Change image and share on social
