Hijuelos Novel Quotes & Sayings

Hate is usually a more compelling motive than love, — Ross Macdonald

Poverty and hardship are created by false thinking. — Bodhidharma

I'll do as I please. My mind is not to be imprisoned. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

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. — Oscar Hijuelos

Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed. — Horace

The greatest lesson you might ever learn in this life is this: It is not about you. — Shannon L. Alder

Experience had taught me that even the most precious memories fade with the passage of time. — Nicholas Sparks

Evidence of this [transformation of animals into fossils] is that parts of aquatic animals and perhaps of naval gear are found in rock in hollows on mountains, which water no doubt deposited there enveloped in sticky mud, and which were prevented by coldness and dryness of the stone from petrifying completely. Very striking evidence of this kind is found in the stones of Paris, in which one very often meets round shells the shape of the moon. — Albertus Magnus

Plato was right when he said that all evil comes from ignorance. He forgot that ignorance also comes from evil. — Peter Kreeft

A great novel is worth one thousand films. — Oscar Hijuelos

I regard my entire orchestra as one large instrument, and I try to play on that instrument to the fullest of its capabilities. My aim is and always has been to mold the music around the man. I've found out that it doesn't matter so much what you have available, but rather what you make of what you do have - finding a good "fit" for every instrumentalist in the group. I study each man in the orchestra and find out what he can do best, and what he would like to do. — Gary Giddins

The thing about women is that they got liberated too fast. They never learned to be straightforward about life because they had to sneak around for about a thousand years tricking men into doing things they wanted. So they manipulate you instead of telling you what they want, so you never know where the hell you are. And then they get mad at you and bitch. — Jennifer Crusie

When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance. — Oscar Hijuelos

Start going to bed earlier! It is a tough adjustment when you have had a summer of staying up late and waking up late. — Bella Thorne