Quotes by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

About Guillermo Cabrera Infante:

Guillermo Cabrera Infante was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. Caín.
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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

My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor.

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me.

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader.

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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

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

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

I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost.

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me.

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Author Bio

  • NameGuillermo Cabrera Infante
  • DescriptionCuban writer
  • BornApril 22, 1929
  • DiedFebruary 21, 2005
  • CountryUnited Kingdom; Cuba
  • ProfessionLinguist; Screenwriter; Author; Translator; Essayist
  • AwardsMiguel De Cervantes Prize