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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.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Myself
Think
All Writers
Write
Writer
Writers
He
Primarily
Like
Any
Then
I have one main reader, Miriam Gomez, my wife. She reads everything I write - I have not finished writing something and she is already reading it.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Writing
Wife
Finished
Reading
Everything
Something
Write
Main
She
Reader
Reads
When I write, I enjoy myself so much that what is being written really needs no reader.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Myself
Needs
Enjoy
Write
Written
Reader
Being
Much
Really
For me, words are just words, nothing else.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Me
Words
Nothing
Else
Just
Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Me
Important
Only
Write
Without
Essential
Cannot
Title
Titles
My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Parents
Party
Extremely
Cuban
Were
Up
Grew
Poor
Communist
Communist Party
Founders
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.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Me
You
Book
First
Months
Out
Castro
Void
Had
Around
How
Came
Been
Quickly
June
After
Cannot
Against
Fifteen
Created
Published
Imagine
My mother had been educated at a convent, and she had been converted to communism by my father during Stalin's most rampant period, at the beginning of the 1930s. So she had two gods, God in heaven and god on earth.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
God
Communism
Mother
Father
Beginning
Rampant
Earth
Had
Most
Period
She
Educated
Been
Gods
Heaven
Convent
Converted
Stalin
Two
I'm Cuban, so I know for a fact that we are the largest minority group in this country.
J. R. Ramirez
Minority
Country
Group
Minority Group
Fact
Know
Cuban
Largest
I actually have a movie that I was a supporting role in that I'm really proud of called 'Sun Dogs.'
J. R. Ramirez
Sun
Supporting
Supporting Role
Proud
Dogs
Role
Movie
Really
Actually
A lot of my friends who are white are like, 'Dude, I can't get an audition; it's all Hispanic and black.' It's about time.
J. R. Ramirez
Time
Black
White
About
Like
Dude
Audition
Hispanic
Lot
Friends
Get
Who
I consider myself to be a very loyal person.
J. R. Ramirez
Myself
Consider
Very
Person
Loyal
To be honest with you, I didn't really read a lot of DC comics as a kid, but I was obsessed with Batman and still am.
J. R. Ramirez
You
To Be Honest
Batman
Kid
Obsessed
Read
Am
Still
Comics
Lot
Really
Honest
I am a Florida guy. I don't do cold.
J. R. Ramirez
Cold
Guy
Am
Florida
I always felt something different when I saw Gary Oldman on screen. It just felt like he knew how to reach a deeper level of himself, which is something I keep striving to reach.
J. R. Ramirez
On-Screen
Saw
Striving
Something
He
Knew
Like
Reach
Himself
Felt
Always
How
Just
Screen
Different
Which
Keep
Deeper
Deeper Level
Gary
Level
Gary Oldman
I've had lots of wonderful people help motivate me over the years to work hard and write.
Jennine Capó Crucet
Work
Me
People
Wonderful
Work Hard
Write
Had
Over
Motivate
Years
Lots
Wonderful People
Hard
Help
My husband is a huge source of support and love.
Jennine Capó Crucet
Love
Husband
Support
Source
Huge
When I left for college, my mom really latched on to the dog; She started buying him little outfits and calling him our brother, but that's as far as it got.
Jennine Capó Crucet
Mom
Dog
College
Our
Brother
Outfits
She
Him
Calling
Got
Left
As Far As
Little
Far
Really
Started
Buying
I was in Minnesota and Illinois when I wrote 'How to Leave Hialeah.' When I come to Miami, I'm happy. I don't need to write in Miami.
Jennine Capó Crucet
Happy
Minnesota
Write
Come
Wrote
How
Leave
Miami
Illinois
Need
I used to work for a non-profit organization where I worked as a mentor and a counselor to first-generation college student and they kept asking me 'What can I read to try to know what I'm about to be in for,' and while I did have some good suggestions, I figured... I don't know that that book is out there, and that's sort of why I had to write it.
Jennine Capó Crucet
Work
Good
Me
Book
Try
Organization
College
Out
Some
College Student
About
Mentor
Write
Student
Counselor
Had
Know
Read
Sort
Did
Where
While
Worked
Asking
Used
Figured
Why
Kept
Suggestions
While my college had done an excellent job recruiting me, I had no road map for what I was supposed to do once I made it to campus.
Jennine Capó Crucet
Me
Job
Made
College
Once
Excellent
Recruiting
Had
Road
Road Map
Supposed
Campus
Done
While
Map
I'm Hispanic. I'm a Catholic. I believe in God. I believe in karma.
Joey Diaz
God
Karma
Believe
Catholic
Hispanic
People die millionaires. All your life, you're gonna stress money?
Joey Diaz
Life
You
People
Money
Stress
All Your Life
Die
Gonna
Your
Millionaires
I thought I would be an extra one time in a movie. And I would have been happy with that.
Joey Diaz
Time
Happy
Thought
Extra
Would
Would-Be
One Time
Been
Movie
I'm a stand-up comic, but I also have ideas, and I want to get them out. People think getting in front of the mic is the only way to work out. You've got to try different situations.
Joey Diaz
Work
You
People
Try
Think
Way
Out
Only
Ideas
Also
Comic
Got
Mic
Get
Front
Getting
Situations
Different
Want
Them
Work Out
Stand-Up Comic
If I see an audition for a show or a movie, I'll send a tape in. I attack it. The whole time, I'm booking comedy, so no matter what, I always got that coming in. I'm always working on my craft.
Joey Diaz
Time
Comedy
Matter
Booking
See
Attack
Always
Got
Audition
Coming
Tape
Send
Craft
Movie
Working
Show
Whole
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