Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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

#because #country #england #forced #going

I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#am #british #course #i #i am

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

#after #because #being #dog #his

I think all writing is done through memory. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#i #i think #memory #think #through

I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fascinating city. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#cuba #especially #fascinating #get #great

I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for myself. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#disagrees #i #i think #i write #like

I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#before #book #i #movie #read

I was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a great lover of comic strips. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#boy #comic #comic strips #fan #great

I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#i #journalist #movie #never #true

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

#did #edited #feel #i #itself