"That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle and an end, with characters and a plot that sustain interest from the first sentence to the last. But that is not what I do at all."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

Beginning, End, First, Interest

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"That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle and an end, with characters and a plot that sustain interest from the first sentence to the last. But that is not what I do at all."

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"When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me. What means something is a page that has been filled with words."

Writing

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

Literature

"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 consider myself a Hispanic writer."

Identity

"What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one hand and the reader on the other."

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

Writing

"Puns are a form of humor with words."

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

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"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

"You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very stubborn things, with a blank page, with the damn thing that you use to write with, a pen or a typewriter, and you forget all about the reader when you are doing that."

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