Author: Hector Tobar

Quotes

I come from a family of working people. My parents were Guatemalan immigrants who spent most of their lives in the service industry.

I come from a family of working people. My parents were Guatemalan immigrants who spent most of their lives in the service industry.

- Hector Tobar

The influence of cinema on all contemporary writers is undeniable. Because film is such a powerful and popular art form, we prose writers think cinematically.

The influence of cinema on all contemporary writers is undeniable. Because film is such a powerful and popular art form, we prose writers think cinematically.

- Hector Tobar

My job is to listen and to ask questions and to be respectful and win the trust of my subjects so that I can work my way into their memories and their point of view.

My job is to listen and to ask questions and to be respectful and win the trust of my subjects so that I can work my way into their memories and their point of view.

- Hector Tobar

I spent my whole life as a writer talking to just the average guy in Los Angeles and Latin America, talking to working people.

I spent my whole life as a writer talking to just the average guy in Los Angeles and Latin America, talking to working people.

- Hector Tobar

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