Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled writer.

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 a writer of fragments.

I am a writer of fragments.

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 am against the notion of style in itself.

I am against the notion of style in itself.

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...

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...

For me, words are just words, nothing else.

For me, words are just words, nothing else.

I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in...

I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in...

There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic...

There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic...

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...

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 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,...

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....

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...

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...

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish.

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...

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...

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,...

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...