When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with nonfiction, you have to be as factual as possible but also hopefully - also bring... emotional… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
“Glorious life ending. There must have been a moment when his son had gasped for air, the last time, as Jesus must. But as… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
Music infuses your spirit with a certain energy that I try to convey in my work. — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
People in their forties, fifties, and onward enjoy the whole world of books in a different way than the Internet-age kids do. — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
Nightclubs are the equivalent of a Catholic Church in a poor country. You hear a lot of stuff about churches filled with gold while… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
“The house in which the fourteen sisters of Emilio Montez O'brien lived, radiated femininity.” — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
If you start believing all that press about you, you're in trouble. I don't even read my reviews. — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
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… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
A lot of people consider my books to be straightforward, but I think that I write from atmosphere to atmosphere rather than from event… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
Latins are predisposed to thinking about the past. Catholicism has a lot to do with it because Catholicism is a contemplation of the past,… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
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… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
“On his back, Robert must have had time to see something beautiful, and not just the ugliness of a city street at the end… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
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,… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
