--- title: "16 Persons Quotes By Junot Diaz" description: "16 Persons quotes by Junot Diaz. Plus more from Junot Diaz and more Persons sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/junot-diaz-531_discreet_i-am-a-chatty-person-but-colossally-disc_1125230.jpg" --- > [I am a chatty person, but colossally discreet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-am-a-chatty-person-but-colossally-discreet/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/junot-diaz-531_discreet_i-am-a-chatty-person-but-colossally-disc_1125230.jpg) > [A person doesn't mourn forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/a-person-doesn-t-mourn-forever/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/junot-diaz-531_forever_a-person-doesn-t-mourn-forever-118821_118821.jpg) > [You think people hate a fat person? Try a fat person who's trying to get thin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/you-think-people-hate-a-fat-person-try-a-fat-person-who-s-trying-to/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/junot-diaz-531_bullying_you-think-people-hate-a-fat-person-try-a_2052938.jpg) > [You're the only person I've ever met who can stand a bookstore as long as I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/you-re-the-only-person-i-ve-ever-met-who-can-stand-a-bookstore-as/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/junot-diaz-531_bookstores_you-re-the-only-person-i-ve-ever-met-who_989065.jpg) > [Being an author is always like being a well-run dictatorship - it's all one person speaking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/being-an-author-is-always-like-being-a-well-run-dictatorship-it-s-all/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/junot-diaz-531_author_being-an-author-is-always-like-being-a-w_2910773.jpg) > [In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/in-order-to-write-the-book-you-want-to-write-in-the-end-you-have-to/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/junot-diaz-531_book_in-order-to-write-the-book-you-want-to-w_2934648.jpg) > [Love is understood, in a historical way, as one of the great human vocations - but its counterspell has always been infidelity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/love-is-understood-in-a-historical-way-as-one-of-the-great-human/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/junot-diaz-531_betrayal_love-is-understood-in-a-historical-way-a_1685458.jpg) > [She would be a new person, she vowed. They said no matter how far a mule travels it can never come back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/she-would-be-a-new-person-she-vowed-they-said-no-matter-how-far-a/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/junot-diaz-531_horse_she-would-be-a-new-person-she-vowed-they_1707068.jpg) > [I am a person who dreads any kind of public exposure and any kind of public event. I spend all day, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-am-a-person-who-dreads-any-kind-of-public-exposure-and-any-kind-of/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b4/junot-diaz-531_dread_i-am-a-person-who-dreads-any-kind-of-pub_1811169.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) > [A young person, or someone who's writing in a different way - in some ways you could say, eventually someone will find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/a-young-person-or-someone-who-s-writing-in-a-different-way-in-some/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/junot-diaz-531_different_a-young-person-or-someone-who-s-writing_731865.jpg) > [Every time you hear anyone talk about the Caribbean, whether it's Caribbeans themselves or people outside, there's always talk about women's bodies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/every-time-you-hear-anyone-talk-about-the-caribbean-whether-it-s/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/junot-diaz-531_body_every-time-you-hear-anyone-talk-about-th_91166.jpg) > [There are a couple of strategies for writing about an absence or writing about a loss. One can create the person that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/there-are-a-couple-of-strategies-for-writing-about-an-absence-or/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/junot-diaz-531_absence_there-are-a-couple-of-strategies-for-wri_2298128.jpg) > [The U.S. that I had imagined was nowhere near as crazy and as incredibly damaging and brutal and indifferent as the U.S.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/the-u-s-that-i-had-imagined-was-nowhere-near-as-crazy-and-as/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/junot-diaz-531_apocalyptic_the-u-s-that-i-had-imagined-was-nowhere_742800.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) > [We all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there's an authoritative voice out there that will explain things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/we-all-dream-dreams-of-unity-of-purity-we-all-dream-that-there-s-an-2/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/junot-diaz-531_behinds_we-all-dream-dreams-of-unity-of-purity-w_2590100.jpg) ## Other authors on Persons ## 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/persons/junot-diaz/#itemlist", "name": "16 Persons Quotes By Junot Diaz", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am a chatty person, but colossally discreet.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Junot Diaz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-am-a-chatty-person-but-colossally-discreet/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/junot-diaz-531_discreet_i-am-a-chatty-person-but-colossally-disc_1125230.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/junot-diaz-531_discreet_i-am-a-chatty-person-but-colossally-disc_1125230.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/junot-diaz-531_discreet_i-am-a-chatty-person-but-colossally-disc_1125230.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am a chatty person, but colossally discreet.” — Junot Diaz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A person doesn't mourn forever.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Junot Diaz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/a-person-doesn-t-mourn-forever/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/junot-diaz-531_forever_a-person-doesn-t-mourn-forever-118821_118821.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/junot-diaz-531_forever_a-person-doesn-t-mourn-forever-118821_118821.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/junot-diaz-531_forever_a-person-doesn-t-mourn-forever-118821_118821.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A person doesn't mourn forever.” — Junot Diaz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You think people hate a fat person? 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