Daniel Alarcon

When I started writing seriously in high school, English was the language I had at my disposal - my Spanish was domestic, colloquial, and not particularly literary or sophisticated.

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These are some quotes by Peruvian author Daniel Alarcon Author, who was born in 1977.

Quotes by Daniel Alarcon

It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art.

Daniel Alarcon

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I love the novel because it's like a love affair. You can just fall into it and keep going, and you never know where it's going to take you.

Daniel Alarcon

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Writing a novel is not at all like riding a bike. Writing a novel is like having to redesign a bike, based on laws of physics that you don't understand, in a new universe. So having written one novel does nothing for you when you have to write the second one.

Daniel Alarcon

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