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

Quote by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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

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

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

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...

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,...

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.

I am against the notion of style in itself.

I am against the notion of style in itself.

When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs...

When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs...

I am a writer of fragments.

I am a writer of fragments.

No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be...

No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be...

For me, words are just words, nothing else.

For me, words are just words, nothing else.

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

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

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

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...

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...

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

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 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...

I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then...

I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then...

It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a...

It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a...

So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler...

So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler...