90 Quotes by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

No, absolutely not, writing doesn’t have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking.

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

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

Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread.

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.

For me, words are just words, nothing else.

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.

I think all writing is done through memory.

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