Puns are a form of humor with words.

Quote by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Topics: Humor Quotes

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

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

For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out...

For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out...

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...

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 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 -...

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

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...

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,...

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 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.

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

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

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...

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 believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who...

I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who...

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...

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...

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...