Writer Quotes by Daniel Alarcon

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

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

“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

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

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

“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

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

Eduardo Halfon is a brilliant storyteller, whose gifts are displayed on every page of this beautiful, daring, and deeply humane book.

— Daniel Alarcon

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

Publication in 'The New Yorker' meant everything, and it's no exaggeration to say that it changed my life.

— Daniel Alarcon

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

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

I do feel fortunate to have some knowledge of the great Latin American writers, including some that are probably not that well known in…

— Daniel Alarcon

“He admired this too: their ability to preserve joy at any cost, the way prehistoric man might have preserved fire.”

— Daniel Alarcón

I think probably the thing I'm worst at is the most ephemeral stuff, like blogs. I find it really hard to write. And I'm…

— Daniel Alarcon