--- title: "15 Trying Quotes By Junot Diaz" description: "15 Trying quotes by Junot Diaz. Plus more from Junot Diaz and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/junot-diaz-531_anxiety_sometimes-you-just-have-to-try-even-if-y_488542.jpg" --- > [Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/sometimes-you-just-have-to-try-even-if-you-know-it-won-t-work/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/junot-diaz-531_anxiety_sometimes-you-just-have-to-try-even-if-y_488542.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) > [If you really want a prize, or if you really want applause, you should try to write as many books as humanly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/if-you-really-want-a-prize-or-if-you-really-want-applause-you-should/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fe/junot-diaz-531_applause_if-you-really-want-a-prize-or-if-you-rea_2511646.jpg) > [I act most like myself... when I'm in my hometown, Santo Domingo. I try to get there about five times a year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-act-most-like-myself-when-i-m-in-my-hometown-santo-domingo-i-try-to/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/junot-diaz-531_five_i-act-most-like-myself-when-i-m-in-my-ho_2763274.jpg) > [You never forget the discovery years. First kisses. The first time you try certain foods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/you-never-forget-the-discovery-years-first-kisses-the-first-time-you/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/junot-diaz-531_certain_you-never-forget-the-discovery-years-fir_1696554.jpg) > [I sat down next to her. Took her hand. This can work, I said. All we have to do is try.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-sat-down-next-to-her-took-her-hand-this-can-work-i-said-all-we-have/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/junot-diaz-531_hand_i-sat-down-next-to-her-took-her-hand-thi_599642.jpg) > [“I seem to be allergic to diligence, and Lola said, Ha. What you're allergic to is trying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-seem-to-be-allergic-to-diligence-and-lola-said-ha-what-you-re/) [Junot Díaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/junot-diaz-531_diligence_i-seem-to-be-allergic-to-diligence-and-l_286896.jpg) > [I've been trying to write. I also spent a lot of time on different campuses, in conversation, helping other writers. That's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-ve-been-trying-to-write-i-also-spent-a-lot-of-time-on-different/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/junot-diaz-531_campus_i-ve-been-trying-to-write-i-also-spent-a_1492789.jpg) > [I wring my hands because I know that as a dude, my privilege, my long-term deficiencies work against me in writing women,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-wring-my-hands-because-i-know-that-as-a-dude-my-privilege-my-long/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/655/junot-diaz-531_deficiency_i-wring-my-hands-because-i-know-that-as_2894407.jpg) > [My greatest responsibility is to acknowledge the mistakes and the shortcomings of the country in which I live, to acknowledge my privileges,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/my-greatest-responsibility-is-to-acknowledge-the-mistakes-and-the/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a60/junot-diaz-531_acknowledge_my-greatest-responsibility-is-to-acknowl_3032458.jpg) > [You try every trick in the book to keep her. You write her letters. You quote Neruda. You cancel your Facebook. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/you-try-every-trick-in-the-book-to-keep-her-you-write-her-letters-you-2/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/junot-diaz-531_accounts_you-try-every-trick-in-the-book-to-keep_659464.jpg) > [I always wanted to read. I always thought I was going to be a historian. I would go to school and study…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-always-wanted-to-read-i-always-thought-i-was-going-to-be-a/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/junot-diaz-531_book_i-always-wanted-to-read-i-always-thought_272168.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) > [I'm still trying to figure out how to write about cancer and my family's experience with it. If I had been able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-m-still-trying-to-figure-out-how-to-write-about-cancer-and-my/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/junot-diaz-531_able_i-m-still-trying-to-figure-out-how-to-wr_2263613.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 Trying ## 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/trying/junot-diaz/#itemlist", "name": "15 Trying Quotes By Junot Diaz", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Junot Diaz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/sometimes-you-just-have-to-try-even-if-you-know-it-won-t-work/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/junot-diaz-531_anxiety_sometimes-you-just-have-to-try-even-if-y_488542.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/junot-diaz-531_anxiety_sometimes-you-just-have-to-try-even-if-y_488542.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/junot-diaz-531_anxiety_sometimes-you-just-have-to-try-even-if-y_488542.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes you just have to try, even if you know it won’t work.” — Junot Diaz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You think people hate a fat person? 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