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title: "37 Way Quotes By Junot Diaz"
description: "37 Way quotes by Junot Diaz. Plus more from Junot Diaz and more Way sayings from other authors."
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> [I sleep way too much and I read tremendously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-sleep-way-too-much-and-i-read-tremendously/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [The only way out is in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/the-only-way-out-is-in/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [Character is the plot in many ways](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/character-is-the-plot-in-many-ways/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [Anger has a way of returning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/anger-has-a-way-of-returning/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [She's sensitive, too. Takes to hurt the way water takes to paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/she-s-sensitive-too-takes-to-hurt-the-way-water-takes-to-paper/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [I find reading to be a delight, a source of comfort, a way to explore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-find-reading-to-be-a-delight-a-source-of-comfort-a-way-to-explore/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [...and when he thought about the way she laughed, as though she owned the air around her, his heart thundered inside his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/and-when-he-thought-about-the-way-she-laughed-as-though-she-owned-the/)

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> [We get these lives for free. I didn't do anything to get this life, and no matter what the hardships are, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/we-get-these-lives-for-free-i-didn-t-do-anything-to-get-this-life-and/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [I seem to have to make my characters family before I can access their hearts in any way that matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-seem-to-have-to-make-my-characters-family-before-i-can-access-their/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [We hide so well. This is the bottom line: how hidden is male subjectivity? Name five books where male subjectivity is produced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/we-hide-so-well-this-is-the-bottom-line-how-hidden-is-male/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [Because I can't seem to escape it. It's a way for me to address and counter my questions about what it means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/because-i-can-t-seem-to-escape-it-it-s-a-way-for-me-to-address-and/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [Stereotypes, they're sensual, cultural weapons. That's the way that we attack people. At an artistic level, stereotypes are terrible writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/stereotypes-they-re-sensual-cultural-weapons-that-s-the-way-that-we/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/but-if-these-years-have-taught-me-anything-it-is-this-you-can-never/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [Art has a way of confronting us, of reminding us, of engaging us, in what it means to be human, and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/art-has-a-way-of-confronting-us-of-reminding-us-of-engaging-us-in/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [You know, I was a kid who had difficulty speaking English when I first immigrated. But in my head, when I read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/you-know-i-was-a-kid-who-had-difficulty-speaking-english-when-i-first/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [I've always thought that you don't love a country by turning a blind eye to its crimes and to a problem. The…](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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [I always think about myself as a writer; that comes out of being a reader first, and I don't think I kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-always-think-about-myself-as-a-writer-that-comes-out-of-being-a/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [My thing is, I'm just way too harsh. It's an enormous impediment, and that's just the truth of it. It doesn't make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/my-thing-is-i-m-just-way-too-harsh-it-s-an-enormous-impediment-and/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong. I guess the best way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/people-can-say-what-they-want-but-historically-feminism-in-the/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [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/)

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> [ \[Donald\] Trump is explained with the intersection of a number of things: our economic crisis, the way it's easier to blame immigrants,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/donald-trump-is-explained-with-the-intersection-of-a-number-of-things/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [On the outside, Oscar simply looked tired, no taller, no fatter, only the skin under his eyes, pouched from years of quiet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/on-the-outside-oscar-simply-looked-tired-no-taller-no-fatter-only-the/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [Now people like Susan Sarandon are noticing that people of color live this way?! This is the way I've always lived! What's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/now-people-like-susan-sarandon-are-noticing-that-people-of-color-live/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [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/)

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> [The Caribbean is such an apocalyptic place, whether it's the decimation of the indigenous populations by the Europeans, whether it's the importation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/the-caribbean-is-such-an-apocalyptic-place-whether-it-s-the/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [New Jersey is to New York what Santo Domingo is to the United States. I always felt that those two landscapes, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/new-jersey-is-to-new-york-what-santo-domingo-is-to-the-united-states/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [When I was working on 'Drown' - this was way back in the mid-'90s - I had this idea that I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/when-i-was-working-on-drown-this-was-way-back-in-the-mid-90s-i-had/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [I think that most of my writer friends are really compulsive. I think that's great. It's wonderful for them. It's just not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-think-that-most-of-my-writer-friends-are-really-compulsive-i-think/)

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> [ There's a long-term tradition of white supremacy in this country. \[Donald\] Trump isn't something entirely new. But then there is the crisis… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/there-s-a-long-term-tradition-of-white-supremacy-in-this-country/)

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> [I know for a fact that - it's just the way our biases work now in the industry of literature, but certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-know-for-a-fact-that-it-s-just-the-way-our-biases-work-now-in-the/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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## Other authors on Way

## 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/)

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