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> [It's true that immigrant novels have to do with people going from one country to another, but there isn't a single novel that doesn't travel from one place to another, emotionally or locally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/it-s-true-that-immigrant-novels-have-to-do-with-people-going-from-one/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-hijuelos/)

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## More by Oscar Hijuelos

> [“Glorious life ending. There must have been a moment when his son had gasped for air, the last time, as Jesus must. But as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/glorious-life-ending-there-must-have-been-a-moment-when-his-son-had/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-hijuelos/)

> [Music infuses your spirit with a certain energy that I try to convey in my work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/music-infuses-your-spirit-with-a-certain-energy-that-i-try-to-convey/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-hijuelos/)

> [People in their forties, fifties, and onward enjoy the whole world of books in a different way than the Internet-age kids do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/people-in-their-forties-fifties-and-onward-enjoy-the-whole-world-of/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-hijuelos/)

> [Nightclubs are the equivalent of a Catholic Church in a poor country. You hear a lot of stuff about churches filled with gold while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/nightclubs-are-the-equivalent-of-a-catholic-church-in-a-poor-country/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-hijuelos/)

> [“The house in which the fourteen sisters of Emilio Montez O'brien lived, radiated femininity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/the-house-in-which-the-fourteen-sisters-of-emilio-montez-o-brien/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-hijuelos/)

> [If you start believing all that press about you, you're in trouble. I don't even read my reviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/if-you-start-believing-all-that-press-about-you-you-re-in-trouble-i/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-hijuelos/)

> [It's true that immigrant novels have to do with people going from one country to another, but there isn't a single novel that doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/it-s-true-that-immigrant-novels-have-to-do-with-people-going-from-one/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/a-lot-of-people-consider-my-books-to-be-straightforward-but-i-think/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-hijuelos/)

> [Latins are predisposed to thinking about the past. Catholicism has a lot to do with it because Catholicism is a contemplation of the past,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/latins-are-predisposed-to-thinking-about-the-past-catholicism-has-a/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/oh-yes-the-sweet-summons-of-god-to-man-that-s-when-he-calls-you-up-to/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-hijuelos/)

> [“On his back, Robert must have had time to see something beautiful, and not just the ugliness of a city street at the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/on-his-back-robert-must-have-had-time-to-see-something-beautiful-and/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/as-a-fiction-writer-you-train-yourself-to-think-about-situations/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/i-grew-up-with-the-idealistic-notion-that-writing-and-literature-were/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-hijuelos/)

> [As a kid I had all kinds of questions about how I fit it with my neighborhood and friends and other Latinos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/as-a-kid-i-had-all-kinds-of-questions-about-how-i-fit-it-with-my/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-hijuelos/)

> [When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-hijuelos/when-you-write-fiction-you-can-sort-of-invent-more-but-also-pack-it/)

[Oscar Hijuelos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-hijuelos/)

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