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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.

From Daniel Alarcon

I like radio because you can do an hour-long interview and then three days later have a finished piece.

From Daniel Alarcon

As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasn't made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different.

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At the most basic level, I appreciate writers who have something to say.

From Daniel Alarcon

I love to walk through the streets of Jesus Maria and Pueblo Libre. The Spanish colonial buildings are in bright colors, two stories high, with these intricate wooden, windowed balconies.

From Daniel Alarcon

When I was younger, I was able to write with music playing in the background, but these days, I can't. I find it distracting. Even when the music is just instrumental or has lyrics in a language I don't understand, the clash between the voices in my head and the song can be very disorienting.

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I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that says a lot about who they are and the music they make.

From Daniel Alarcon

I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.

From 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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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.

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