"When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

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"When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader."

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"But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that."

Mind

"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."

Creativity

"I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost."

Inspirational

"Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread."

Fear

"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."

Choice

"For me, words are just words, nothing else."

Nothing

"I am against the notion of style in itself."

Style

"Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title."

Writing

"I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish."

Identity

"The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters."

Writing

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