Oscar Hijuelos Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: August 24, 1951 - October 12, 2013
Birthday: August 24
Death: October 12
If I write a paragraph and I don't get a certain lift from it, if I don't feel connected to it emotionally, then it's dead to me. When I'm reading other fiction writers, if I don't get any emotional investment from the writer, if it's just intellectual or clever - you know, most writing that passes as deep is just clever - I don't feel any connection.
source: Source: www.guernicamag.com
topic: Clever, Reading, Writing, Emotional Investment
