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Guillermo Cabrera Infante Quotes

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Biography

Author Profession: Novelist
Nationality: Cuban
Born: April 22, 1929
Died: February 21, 2005

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I don't have any style.
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For me, words are just words, nothing else.
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I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book.
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I think all writing is done through memory.
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I am against the notion of style in itself.
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Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you see are images, they are telling you a story.
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I am a writer of fragments.
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