Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread.
More Quotes from Guillermo Cabrera Infante:
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
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
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
No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
I don't have any style.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
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