What we're trying to do as writers is rescue, preserve this space of thoughtfulness of language, of a deeper and more honest appreciation of our reality. And, so, we have to work even harder as writers against this tide of… — Hector Tobar Copy Share Image
I'm, by nature, a really optimistic person. It goes back to my parents having been each divorced three times and my finding some way… — Hector Tobar Copy Share
I write, fighting for every sentence, fighting to hold the reader with every paragraph. — Hector Tobar Copy Share
In the Latino community, the Trump campaign, even when it seemed it was a long shot he would be elected president, his campaign itself… — Hector Tobar Copy Share
I am someone who is fascinated with European German history, the Holocaust, and to see these parallels in our own democratic system, and then… — Hector Tobar Copy Share
“In books there were limitless worlds, there was truth, sometimes brutal and ugly, and sometimes happy and soothing.” — Héctor Tobar Copy Share
We're writers. What do we do? We tell stories. We make up stories. We create art. — Hector Tobar Copy Share
What we're trying to do as writers is rescue, preserve this space of thoughtfulness of language, of a deeper and more honest appreciation of… — Hector Tobar Copy Share
In real life, there are right-wingers, there are anti-immigrant activists who want to overturn this constitutional right that we have to become Americans when… — Hector Tobar Copy Share
Undocumented people have been targeted for years now. Even under the Obama administration, there was a really large number of deportations of undocumented people.… — Hector Tobar Copy Share
I want to bring Americans into some experiences they ordinarily would not consider. Experiences in Latin America, people in Latin America, I want to… — Hector Tobar Copy Share
“I am in a two-stoplight town in the Alabama hill country, in the heart of the Bible Belt and Crimson Tide football mania, listening… — Hector Tobar Copy Share
There's a lot of really wonderful things about the United States of America, especially its ethnic diversity and its mostly successful struggle to create… — Hector Tobar Copy Share
Maybe innocence is a skin you must shed to build layers more resistant to the caustic truths of the world. — Hector Tobar Copy Share
“That’s the way mining is. You always find a way to cheat fate,” he says. “That’s what’s beautiful about being a miner: Supernatural things… — Héctor Tobar Copy Share
I just feel that art is more important than ever, that art is something that can unify us, that can make America stronger. — Hector Tobar Copy Share
