I sat down next to her. Took her hand. This can work, I said. All we have to do is try. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“I seem to be allergic to diligence, and Lola said, Ha. What you're allergic to is trying.” — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
You think people hate a fat person? Try a fat person who's trying to get thin. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I act most like myself... when I'm in my hometown, Santo Domingo. I try to get there about five times a year. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
If you really want a prize, or if you really want applause, you should try to write as many books as humanly… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
You never forget the discovery years. First kisses. The first time you try certain foods. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
My greatest responsibility is to acknowledge the mistakes and the shortcomings of the country in which I live, to acknowledge my privileges,… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I've been trying to write. I also spent a lot of time on different campuses, in conversation, helping other writers. That's what… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I wring my hands because I know that as a dude, my privilege, my long-term deficiencies work against me in writing women,… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
When I was thinking about these women characters, no matter how bad a person I am - a bad writer, my limitations,… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I'm still trying to figure out how to write about cancer and my family's experience with it. If I had been able… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
You try every trick in the book to keep her. You write her letters. You quote Neruda. You cancel your Facebook. You… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I always wanted to read. I always thought I was going to be a historian. I would go to school and study… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I know a number of people who - from the comments they make - are going to vote for [Donald] Trump when… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
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… — Junot Diaz Copy Share
Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love… — Junot Diaz Copy Share
You ask everybody you know: How long does it usually take to get over it? There are many formulas. One year for every year… — Junot Diaz Copy Share
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… — Junot Diaz Copy Share
The one thing about being a dude and writing from a female perspective is that the baseline is, you suck. The baseline is it… — Junot Diaz Copy Share
“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.… — Junot Díaz Copy Share
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… — Junot Diaz Copy Share
“Called her a whore and attacked her walls, tearing down her posters and throwing her books everywhere. I found out because some whitegirl ran… — Junot Díaz Copy Share
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… — Junot Diaz Copy Share
“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… — Junot Díaz Copy Share
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. — Junot Diaz Copy Share
“If you ask me I don't think there are any such things as curses. I think there is only life. That's enough.” — Junot Díaz Copy Share
The only difference between a published and unpublished writer is a tolerance for imperfection. — Junot Diaz Copy Share
![“I know a number of people who - from the comments they make - are going to vote for [Donald] Trump when that curtain closes. But let's keep it real honest here: They are voting for a xenophobic, anti-Latino white supremacist - don't try to pretty it up. This is now the age when people want to be…” quote by Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/junot-diaz-531_age_i-know-a-number-of-people-who-from-the-c_1454503.jpg)