When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader. Guillermo Cabrera Infante enjoyreaderwrite Change image and share on social
My mother had been educated at a convent, and she had been converted to communism by my father during Stalin's most rampant period, at the beginning of the 1930s. So she had two gods, God in heaven and god on earth. Guillermo Cabrera Infante 1930sbegincommunism share on social
No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking. Guillermo Cabrera Infante absolutelyjigsawlinear 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
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 was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic. Guillermo Cabrera Infante criticjournalistmovie Change image and share on social
I am a writer of fragments. Guillermo Cabrera Infante fragmentwriter Change image and share on social
I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that I am going to lose my language because I live in England. Guillermo Cabrera Infante countryenglandforce 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