I am a writer of fragments.

Quote by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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

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

Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a...

Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a...

I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States,...

I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States,...

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

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

What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading,...

What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading,...

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home...

I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home...

I am against the notion of style in itself.

I am against the notion of style in itself.

That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle...

That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle...

I think all writing is done through memory.

I think all writing is done through memory.

The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than...

The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than...

I wrote for a weekly magazine and then edited a literary magazine, but I did...

I wrote for a weekly magazine and then edited a literary magazine, but I did...

I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good...

I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good...

Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have...

Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have...

I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to...

I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to...

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

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

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes...

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes...

I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is...

I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is...

My mother had been educated at a convent, and she had been converted to communism...

My mother had been educated at a convent, and she had been converted to communism...

Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in...

Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in...