"I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

Home, Being, Man, Years

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"I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog."

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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."

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"I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels."

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"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."

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"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."

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

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"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."

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

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

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"For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page."

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