Oscar Hijuelos Quotes
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 travel from one place to another, emotionally or locally.
Quotes to Explore
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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
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You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world.
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My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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A lot of people will call me nuts or crazy, but I've always been pretty stable. By some people's standards, I might be crazy. But I realize that I'm not going to harm anyone, and the only place that I live is within my own universe, really - so it's O.K.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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A company is not accountable just to its owners, but to its workers and its customers.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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Taken with the archaeological data, we can say that the old hypothesis of an invasion of people - not merely their language - from the steppe appears to be true.
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You always want to try, in everything you do, to attempt something you've never tried before, and the only way to succeed at that is through failure, and the only way to succeed through failure is just banging your head against the wall over and over until you get to that interesting thing on the other side.
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I remember I used to watch 'Buffy,' and I'd be like, 'Ah man, I would kill to be on 'Buffy,' to be part of that little crime-solving team fighting demons and monsters.'
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I always recommend to any player to always compose their own music. It's one of the best things you can do to find a road to your own style.
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I only performed a song so I could not write an essay. I just enjoyed being around bands, and around musicians, and, I didn't want to be the girl who followed the band around. I love singing, I love performing, but it's never been this goal.
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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 travel from one place to another, emotionally or locally.
