Oscar Hijuelos Quotes

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 relevance to the piece.

Oscar Hijuelos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 24, 1951 - October 12, 2013

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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.

John Galsworthy

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Kids cannot follow stories. They don't know what the hell is going on in a cartoon. They like to see funny visual things happening.

John Kricfalusi

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Aubrey Plaza is absolutely amazing.

Jeff Baena

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Every era has its cartoon rich guys, but most of them are actual cartoons - Daddy Warbucks, Scrooge McDuck, C. Montgomery Burns.

Steve Rushin

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The whole music world is based on the young, the very young people.

Tony Bennett

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I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.

Mary J. Blige

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The No. 1 thing is the product. The goods have to be good, but I care about how you feel about it.

Mickey Drexler

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I remember opening my dad's closet and there were, like, 40 suits, every color of the rainbow, plaid and winter and summer. He had two jewelry boxes full of watches and lighters and cuff links. And just... he was that guy. He was probably unfulfilled in his life in many ways.

Jon Hamm

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Errors of taste are very often the outward sign of a deep fault of sensibility.

Jonathan Miller

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Due to the fact that I experienced personally the situation of a political prisoner, I have an historical commitment to all those that were or are prisoners just because they expressed their views, their public opinion, their own opinions.

Dilma Rousseff

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During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American politicians - believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Douglas Wilder

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The idea of a new hero for a new day sang to me.

Corey Hawkins

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