Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes
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In the end, I'm really interested in people and what we do with our short time here on earth. I'm interested in the human soul.
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Writing went from being a calling to being a job. Business ruined things. It became like making sausages in a sausage factory.
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The situation was kind of complicated in that my mother didn't speak Spanish. My father spoke English, you know, as best he could.
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I've been told not to tour down in Mexico. I am too well-known now. The kidnappers may think that my publisher will pay a ransom.
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Masculinity is kind of a toxic curse, isn't it? The expectations of it were hard on me.
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I don't like to see people get kicked around. You have to stand up for them.
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When 'The Hummingbird's Daughter' came out, there was a certain backlash - 'Well, this isn't 'The Devil's Highway.'' That's just the way it goes.
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I'm interested in the eternal soul. That's what I write about.