When I was younger, I was able to write with music playing in the background, but these days, I can't. I find it distracting. Even when the music is just instrumental or has lyrics in a language I don't understand,… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that says a lot about who they are and the music they make. — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
A novel is like an animal you have to hunt down and kill. If you let it sit for two days, it's got a… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
I love to walk through the streets of Jesus Maria and Pueblo Libre. The Spanish colonial buildings are in bright colors, two stories high,… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
“They spoke without much fluency about a minor universe of events that affected neither of them: the vagaries of neighborhood life, people they both… — Daniel Alarcón Copy Share Image
I guess in my own life I don't really think much about manliness too much. I feel like a lot of men that I… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
I want people to read good work. If I see someone reading a book by Lorrie Moore or Jennifer Egan, I'm psyched. If I… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
“And what does he feel?" "He feels uneasy. A little afaid. Angry. Oddly, a hint of pride." "Good," Henry said. "ANd where are you?"… — Daniel Alarcón Copy Share Image
How emigration is actually lived - well, this depends on many factors: education, economic station, language, where one lands, and what support network is… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
Eduardo Halfon is a brilliant storyteller, whose gifts are displayed on every page of this beautiful, daring, and deeply humane book. — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasnt made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
Publication in 'The New Yorker' meant everything, and it's no exaggeration to say that it changed my life. — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
I have a love/hate relationship with the internet. It's obviously the central tool of how I work, and how I keep in touch with… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
Radio is the medium that most closely approximates the experience of reading. As a novelist, I find it very exciting to be able to… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
