I am against the notion of style in itself. Guillermo Cabrera Infante notionstyle Change image and share on social
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 characterideamatter Change image and share on social
I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fascinating city. Guillermo Cabrera Infante citycubafascinate Change image and share on social
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 finishgomezmain Change image and share on social
I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book. Guillermo Cabrera Infante bookmovieread Change image and share on social
That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle and an end, with characters and a plot that sustain interest from the first sentence to the last. But that is not what I do at all. Guillermo Cabrera Infante begincharacterdefine 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
There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio. Guillermo Cabrera Infante comicimportantinfluence Change image and share on social