--- title: "17 Knows Quotes By Junot Diaz" description: "17 Knows quotes by Junot Diaz. Plus more from Junot Diaz and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/junot-diaz-531_knows_the-people-i-know-who-would-support-dona_2583033.jpg" --- > [ The people I know who would support \[Donald\] Trump are keeping their mouths shut. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/the-people-i-know-who-would-support-donald-trump-are-keeping-their/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/junot-diaz-531_knows_the-people-i-know-who-would-support-dona_2583033.jpg) > [Honestly, connecting once at the deepest level with someone, you know, once you've done that, even if your life goes to hell,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/honestly-connecting-once-at-the-deepest-level-with-someone-you-know/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/junot-diaz-531_connecting_honestly-connecting-once-at-the-deepest_1934359.jpg) > [Of course we all know that's not how life works. The novel that is our life can end at any time. Sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/of-course-we-all-know-that-s-not-how-life-works-the-novel-that-is-our/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/junot-diaz-531_books_of-course-we-all-know-that-s-not-how-lif_964024.jpg) > [I mean, I'm an artist by nature; no one considers what I do and no one knows who the heck I am,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-mean-i-m-an-artist-by-nature-no-one-considers-what-i-do-and-no-one/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/junot-diaz-531_art_i-mean-i-m-an-artist-by-nature-no-one-co_645072.jpg) > [People are always fascinated by infidelity because, in the end - whether we've had direct experience or not - there's part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/people-are-always-fascinated-by-infidelity-because-in-the-end-whether/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/junot-diaz-531_betrayal_people-are-always-fascinated-by-infideli_2696492.jpg) > [So the kind of boy I was, or that I was told to be, you were kind of this like half-gladiator, half-dude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/so-the-kind-of-boy-i-was-or-that-i-was-told-to-be-you-were-kind-of/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3c/junot-diaz-531_be-you_so-the-kind-of-boy-i-was-or-that-i-was-t_514751.jpg) > [I was surrounded by a lot of male writers of color who have this incredibly bizarre relationship to masculinity. It's like we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-was-surrounded-by-a-lot-of-male-writers-of-color-who-have-this/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc2/junot-diaz-531_bizarre_i-was-surrounded-by-a-lot-of-male-writer_2593094.jpg) > [An ear will never do you wrong, but I know writers who... most of the language they use is just extracted language…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/an-ear-will-never-do-you-wrong-but-i-know-writers-who-most-of-the/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/junot-diaz-531_bigs_an-ear-will-never-do-you-wrong-but-i-kno_2966962.jpg) > [The body is what reminds us on a daily basis that we're human. The body defies us, it betrays us, we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/the-body-is-what-reminds-us-on-a-daily-basis-that-we-re-human-the/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/junot-diaz-531_abiding_the-body-is-what-reminds-us-on-a-daily-b_1264404.jpg) > [Mexico City is the center of art and culture and politics and has been and continues to be for Latin America in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/mexico-city-is-the-center-of-art-and-culture-and-politics-and-has/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/junot-diaz-531_america_mexico-city-is-the-center-of-art-and-cul_1923726.jpg) > [You must learn her. You must know the reason why she is silent. You must trace her weakest spots. You must write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/you-must-learn-her-you-must-know-the-reason-why-she-is-silent-you/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/junot-diaz-531_giving_you-must-learn-her-you-must-know-the-rea_1066210.jpg) > [Books are surviving in this intense, fragmented, hyper-accelerated present, and my sense and hope is that things will slow down again and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/books-are-surviving-in-this-intense-fragmented-hyper-accelerated/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/junot-diaz-531_apps_books-are-surviving-in-this-intense-frag_847496.jpg) > [ I know a number of people who - from the comments they make - are going to vote for \[Donald\] Trump when… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-know-a-number-of-people-who-from-the-comments-they-make-are-going/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/junot-diaz-531_age_i-know-a-number-of-people-who-from-the-c_1454503.jpg) > [We know story collections end when they end, as well - the pages serving as a countdown - but nevertheless the standard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/we-know-story-collections-end-when-they-end-as-well-the-pages-serving/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ac/junot-diaz-531_anthology_we-know-story-collections-end-when-they_1619660.jpg) > [In my mind what novels do best is that they immerse us deeply into our character's world - they truly transport us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/in-my-mind-what-novels-do-best-is-that-they-immerse-us-deeply-into/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db9/junot-diaz-531_books_in-my-mind-what-novels-do-best-is-that-t_1319926.jpg) > [My art feels like it's real disobedient. I can fill notebooks with observations and maybe they find their way into the work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/my-art-feels-like-it-s-real-disobedient-i-can-fill-notebooks-with/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/junot-diaz-531_able_my-art-feels-like-it-s-real-disobedient_984906.jpg) > [When I was thinking about these women characters, no matter how bad a person I am - a bad writer, my limitations,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/when-i-was-thinking-about-these-women-characters-no-matter-how-bad-a/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab5/junot-diaz-531_character_when-i-was-thinking-about-these-women-ch_845165.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Junot Diaz > [It might interest you that just as the U.S. was ramping up its involvement in Vietnam, LBJ launched an illegal invasion of the Dominican…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/it-might-interest-you-that-just-as-the-u-s-was-ramping-up-its/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/tell-her-that-you-love-her-hair-that-you-love-her-skin-her-lips/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [It took me sixteen years to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/it-took-me-sixteen-years-to-write/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [You ask everybody you know: How long does it usually take to get over it? There are many formulas. One year for every year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/you-ask-everybody-you-know-how-long-does-it-usually-take-to-get-over/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [Instead of finding himself in nerd heaven—where every nerd gets fifty-eight virgins to role-play with—he woke up in Robert Wood Johnson with two broken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/instead-of-finding-himself-in-nerd-heaven-where-every-nerd-gets-fifty/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [The one thing about being a dude and writing from a female perspective is that the baseline is, you suck. The baseline is it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/the-one-thing-about-being-a-dude-and-writing-from-a-female/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [“I used to think those were the barrio rules, Latinos and blacks in, whites out —a place we down cats weren’t supposed to go.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-used-to-think-those-were-the-barrio-rules-latinos-and-blacks-in/) [Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [“I put my hand on her knee. I just wish you'd say you love me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-put-my-hand-on-her-knee-i-just-wish-you-d-say-you-love-me/) [Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [I've always thought that you don't love a country by turning a blind eye to its crimes and to a problem. The way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-ve-always-thought-that-you-don-t-love-a-country-by-turning-a-blind/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [“Called her a whore and attacked her walls, tearing down her posters and throwing her books everywhere. I found out because some whitegirl ran…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/called-her-a-whore-and-attacked-her-walls-tearing-down-her-posters/) [Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [You're Dominican only if you do this, this, and that. And if you do this and that, you'll be accepted to a certain degree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/you-re-dominican-only-if-you-do-this-this-and-that-and-if-you-do-this/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [“Ramfis fled the country after Trujillo's death, lived dissolutely off his father's swag, and ended up dying in a car crash of his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/ramfis-fled-the-country-after-trujillo-s-death-lived-dissolutely-off/) [Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [If you didn't grow up like I did then you don't know, and if you don't know it's probably better you don't judge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/if-you-didn-t-grow-up-like-i-did-then-you-don-t-know-and-if-you-don-t/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [“If you ask me I don't think there are any such things as curses. I think there is only life. That's enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/if-you-ask-me-i-don-t-think-there-are-any-such-things-as-curses-i/) [Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [The only difference between a published and unpublished writer is a tolerance for imperfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/the-only-difference-between-a-published-and-unpublished-writer-is-a/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/junot-diaz/#itemlist", "name": "17 Knows Quotes By Junot Diaz", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The people I know who would support [Donald] Trump are keeping their mouths shut.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Junot Diaz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/the-people-i-know-who-would-support-donald-trump-are-keeping-their/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/junot-diaz-531_knows_the-people-i-know-who-would-support-dona_2583033.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/junot-diaz-531_knows_the-people-i-know-who-would-support-dona_2583033.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/junot-diaz-531_knows_the-people-i-know-who-would-support-dona_2583033.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The people I know who would support [Donald] Trump are keeping their mouths shut.” — Junot Diaz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Honestly, connecting once at the deepest level with someone, you know, once you've done that, even if your life goes to hell, man, it was really worth living.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Junot Diaz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/honestly-connecting-once-at-the-deepest-level-with-someone-you-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/junot-diaz-531_connecting_honestly-connecting-once-at-the-deepest_1934359.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/junot-diaz-531_connecting_honestly-connecting-once-at-the-deepest_1934359.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/junot-diaz-531_connecting_honestly-connecting-once-at-the-deepest_1934359.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Honestly, connecting once at the deepest level with someone, you know, once you've done that, even if your…” — Junot Diaz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Of course we all know that's not how life works. 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