I grew up with the idealistic notion that writing and literature were noble causes. I had no inkling, no sense of what I would eventually encounter in terms of people who weren't being sincere. I'm not saying that it happens always or a lot, but it happens enough that sometimes it makes me feel a little queasy.
A great novel is worth one thousand films. - Oscar Hijuelos
A great novel is worth one thousand films.
- Oscar Hijuelos
As a fiction writer you train yourself to think about situations subjectively. I don't really care for narratives that are just A, B, C, D, and then … - Oscar Hijuelos
As a fiction writer you train yourself to think about situations subjectively. I don't really care for narratives that are just A, B, C, D, and then …
I grew up with the idealistic notion that writing and literature were noble causes. I had no inkling, no sense of what I would eventually encounter i… - Oscar Hijuelos
I grew up with the idealistic notion that writing and literature were noble causes. I had no inkling, no sense of what I would eventually encounter i…
If I write a paragraph and I don't get a certain lift from it, if I don't feel connected to it emotionally, then it's dead to me. When I'm reading ot… - Oscar Hijuelos
If I write a paragraph and I don't get a certain lift from it, if I don't feel connected to it emotionally, then it's dead to me. When I'm reading ot…
Oh yes!...The sweet summons of God to man. That's when He calls you up to His arms. And it's the most beautiful thing, a rebirth, a new life. But, ju… - Oscar Hijuelos
Oh yes!...The sweet summons of God to man. That's when He calls you up to His arms. And it's the most beautiful thing, a rebirth, a new life. But, ju…
A lot of people consider my books to be straightforward, but I think that I write from atmosphere to atmosphere rather than from event to event. - Oscar Hijuelos
A lot of people consider my books to be straightforward, but I think that I write from atmosphere to atmosphere rather than from event to event.
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