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Guillermo Cabrera Infante

"Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me."

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"Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me."

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"Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain."

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"A good work ethic is not so much a concern for hard work but rather one for responsibility. There have been a great many men and women who have in fact used work or hustle or selfish ambition as an escape from real responsibility, an escape from purpose. In matters such as these, the hard worker is just as dysfunctional as the sloth."

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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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"Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title."
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"I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer."
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"I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for myself."
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