Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#communist party #cuban #extremely #founders #grew

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

#himself #i #i write #just #money

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#american #american literature #considered #had #literature

But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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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

#both #complex #concrete #game #literature

For me, words are just words, nothing else. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#just #me #nothing #words

I am a writer of fragments. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#fragments #i #i am #writer

I am against the notion of style in itself. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#am #i #i am #itself #notion

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#british #i #i am #only #spanish

I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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