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Oscar Hijuelos Quotes

People in their forties, fifties, and onward enjoy the whole world of books in a different way than the Internet-age kids do.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

People World Enjoy Way Different

'Hound Dog' took like twelve minutes. That's not a complicated piece of work. But the rhyme scheme was difficult. Also the metric structure of the music was not easy. 'Kansas City' was maybe eight minutes, if that. Writing the early blues was spontaneous. You can hear the energy in the work.

Work Dog Music City Writing Energy

I didn't want my daughter to grow up in that intense attention - wherever we went, we'd get paparazzi. There are bigger, better superstars in America, so I thought, 'I'll go there for a quick holiday, and relax.' And my holiday just turned into me loving it and wanting to stay there longer and longer.

Daughter Me Relax Thought Better

Some people need a command-and-control environment.

John T. Chambers

People Environment Some People Need

I used to walk to the Washington Monument from North L Street Northwest. And I was so hungry at times, I would stop and look into the trash cans, and if there was a half a sandwich, I would take that sandwich and eat it. It was just a matter of survival. I didn't think much of it, but it was just the way things were.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Walk Think Survival Look Stop Trash

If you look at the history of the LGBTQ community, from my perspective growing up as I did in the U.K. in the '50s, there was just terrible, terrible discrimination, you know? It was extremely difficult to live your life as you should have been allowed to do.

Life Live Community History Look

I was always the observer, trying to understand what was going on. I was always the new kid. Writing became my safe place.

Writing Trying Place New Understand

Anybody who becomes a movie star becomes successful at projecting a certain image to the public.

Image Successful Star Who Movie Star

'The Way of the Gun' I wrote in five days.

Christopher McQuarrie

Gun Way Days Five Wrote

'Amy' is somewhere in the middle of authorized and unauthorized.

Somewhere Middle Authorized Amy

Everything about Sinatra was good. He had the ability to pick great songs, and once Sinatra had sung them, that pretty much was it. He pretty much put his stamp on everything.

Good Great Ability Everything Pretty

Hyperloop One wants to make the world one, wants to make the world smaller.

Shervin Pishevar

World Make Wants Smaller

I've been mainly a happy boy in my life. I married the right girl and we did what we wanted to do.

Life Girl Happy My Life Boy Right

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