I once made the mistake of writing a story with David Corbett. The man smoked me. He can delineate the character and… — Luis Alberto Urrea Accordions Copy Share Image
“Even if, at the moment, you can't sit down and do the gruntwork of stringing verbs and nouns together, you are writing.… — Luis Alberto Urrea Time Copy Share Image
I am addicted to poetry, but the truth is I cannot pass up a good hard-boiled mystery. — Luis Alberto Urrea Good Copy Share Image
“Life was generous: it gave a man a thousand things to be pissed off about.” — Luis Alberto Urrea Kindness Copy Share Image
A lot of our family was undocumented. My mom and dad were both super conservative. My dad had a green card; my… — Luis Alberto Urrea Dad Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy in Tijuana, it was wonderland. We left when I was probably four - I was dying… — Luis Alberto Urrea Dying Copy Share Image
“I can't believe how many students don't read. They want to be writers, but they haven't read anything at all. They have… — Luis Alberto Urrea Books Copy Share Image
I saw 'The War Wagon' with John Wayne and Kirk Douglas, but it was dubbed into German. And it had Japanese subtitles… — Luis Alberto Urrea Forgotten Copy Share Image
Masculinity is kind of a toxic curse, isn't it? The expectations of it were hard on me. — Luis Alberto Urrea Expectations Copy Share Image
Way back when I was working at the dump, I saw that, even when living among the trash, that some people would… — Luis Alberto Urrea Joy Copy Share Image
A great Chicano forebear of mine in writing is Rolando Hinojosa-Smith. He was writing good border mysteries for Chicano readers back in… — Luis Alberto Urrea Back Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to, using literature, subvert people's responses. — Luis Alberto Urrea Always Copy Share Image
I'm a theological writer mistaken for a political writer. My theme is grace versus karma. — Luis Alberto Urrea Failure Copy Share Image
I missed the Wilco phenom while busy obsessing over rock en Espanol. So imagine my surprise when I found myself at O'Hare… — Luis Alberto Urrea Busy Copy Share Image
The French-Cajun culture is similar to mine - they're Catholic, they play accordions, and they eat hot chiles. — Luis Alberto Urrea Catholic Copy Share Image
Spanish was my first language. Honestly, I learned to first speak in Spanish, not English, because my poor mother had to go… — Luis Alberto Urrea Every day Copy Share Image
It's not like Mexicans have an illegal immigration organ in their body and at 14 kicks off a hormone and shows them… — Luis Alberto Urrea Body Copy Share Image
Everybody knew that being dead could put you in a terrible mood. — Luis Alberto Urrea Mood Copy Share Image
I don't like to see people get kicked around. You have to stand up for them. — Luis Alberto Urrea Around Copy Share Image
I read most often in bed as part of my attempted sleep ritual. But I spend a lot of time reading on… — Luis Alberto Urrea Bed Copy Share Image
“It seems jolly on the page. But imagine poverty, violence, natural disasters, or political fear driving you away from everything you know.… — Luis Alberto Urrea Bad thing Copy Share Image
