I am against the notion of style in itself.

Quote by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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

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

I don't have any style.

I don't have any style.

When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me....

When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me....

I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana,...

I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana,...

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

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...

I think all writing is done through memory.

I think all writing is done through memory.

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

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...

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

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

You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very...

You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very...

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 left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that...

I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that...

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

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...

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 first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had...

I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had...

I have one main reader, Miriam Gomez, my wife. She reads everything I write -...

I have one main reader, Miriam Gomez, my wife. She reads everything I write -...

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 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...