"Puns are a form of humor with words."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

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"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."

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"I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me."

Politics, First, June, Months

"I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels."

Books,

"I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote under Catholic censorship."

Censorship, Writers

"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."

Nation, Country, England, Language

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

Nothing, Words

"I am a writer of fragments."

Writing, Writer

"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."

Money, Writer

"American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter."

Literature, American, Writing

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

Mind, Writer

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