Quotes from Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I bump against the railings and begin to go down the stairs cursing them: one foot in the void/ another foot into the abyss/ another one into nowhere. When'll they turn on the lights in this fucking house?

I am against the notion of style in itself.

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

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

It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the street, it all becomes fiction as soon as you write it down.

I was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a great lover of comic strips.

I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course.

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.

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