No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking. Guillermo Cabrera Infante absolutelyjigsawlinear Change image and share on social
I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of this or that character does not matter to me. Guillermo Cabrera Infante characterideamatter Change image and share on social
The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters. Guillermo Cabrera Infante characterdifficultpeculiar Change image and share on social
I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic. Guillermo Cabrera Infante criticjournalistmovie Change image and share on social
I am a writer of fragments. Guillermo Cabrera Infante fragmentwriter Change image and share on social
My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor. Guillermo Cabrera Infante communistcubanextremely Change image and share on social
I wrote for a weekly magazine and then edited a literary magazine, but I did not really feel comfortable with the profession of journalism itself. Guillermo Cabrera Infante comfortableeditfeel Change image and share on social
I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that I am going to lose my language because I live in England. Guillermo Cabrera Infante countryenglandforce Change image and share on social
My mother had been educated at a convent, and she had been converted to communism by my father during Stalin's most rampant period, at the beginning of the 1930s. So she had two gods, God in heaven and god on earth. Guillermo Cabrera Infante 1930sbegincommunism share on social