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Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes

I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels Picture Quote #1

I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog Picture Quote #1

What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one hand and the reader on the other Picture Quote #1

I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course Picture Quote #1

I was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a great lover of comic strips Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Cigars must be smoked one at a time, peaceably, with all the leisure in the world. Cigarettes are of the instant, Cigars are for eternity Picture Quote #1

Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you see are images, they are telling you a story Picture Quote #1

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Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread Picture Quote #1

A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar Picture Quote #1

Writing for me, even what you call serious writing, is play Picture Quote #1

Tobacco is the opiate of the gentleman, the religion of the rich Picture Quote #1

If the sleep of reason produces monsters, what does the sleep of unreason produce? Picture Quote #1

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter Picture Quote #1

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For me, words are just words, nothing else Picture Quote #1

I am a writer of fragments Picture Quote #1

I am against the notion of style in itself Picture Quote #1

I don’t have any style Picture Quote #1

I think all writing is done through memory Picture Quote #1

I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread Picture Quote #1

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I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters Picture Quote #1

For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page Picture Quote #1

It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the street, it all becomes fiction as soon as you write it down Picture Quote #1

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I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) 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 Quotes) I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one hand and the reader on the other (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) 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 Quotes) I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) I was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a great lover of comic strips (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) 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 Quotes) Cigars must be smoked one at a time, peaceably, with all the leisure in the world. Cigarettes are of the instant, Cigars are for eternity (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) 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 Quotes) Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) Writing for me, even what you call serious writing, is play (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) Tobacco is the opiate of the gentleman, the religion of the rich (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) If the sleep of reason produces monsters, what does the sleep of unreason produce? (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) For me, words are just words, nothing else (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) I am a writer of fragments (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) I am against the notion of style in itself (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) I don’t have any style (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) I think all writing is done through memory (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes) It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the street, it all becomes fiction as soon as you write it down (Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes)

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