All Junot Diaz Quotes
- My thing is every generation of Americans has to answer what we call the 'Superman Question.' Superman comes, lands in America. He's illegal. He's one… America
- 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 me any better,… Any
- New Jersey is to New York what Santo Domingo is to the United States. I always felt that those two landscapes, not only just the… Always Felt
- One of the many characteristics of the new is that, at first, it's very hard to recognize it for what it is. We're lucky if… Amazing
- Stories are hard. I have friends who knock out stories on a weekly or monthly basis, like they're running on medicinal-strength Updike. But for me… Bases
- Students teach all sorts of things but most importantly they make explicit the courage that it takes to be a learner, the courage it takes… All
- The Caribbean is such an apocalyptic place, whether it's the decimation of the indigenous populations by the Europeans, whether it's the importation of slaves and… Apocalyptic
- The one thing about being a dude and writing from a female perspective is that the baseline is, you suck. The baseline is it takes… Atrophied
- There are a couple of strategies for writing about an absence or writing about a loss. One can create the person that was lost, develop… Absence
- There is a lot of scepticism today as to whether memoir is real. But when fiction is done at a certain level there is scepticism… Certain
- We get so many people saying short fiction is not economical, that it doesn't sell; but there are so many of us enjoying writing it… Around People
- We have a whole bunch of young people and a whole bunch of families. Are we going to disrupt these families and tear them apart?… Apart
- Well, when you look at a lot of science fiction novels they're asking questions about power. There are questions about what it means to have… Asking
- When I was working on 'Drown' - this was way back in the mid-'90s - I had this idea that I wanted to do another… Another Book
- When I write, what I long for is not more realism or fiction but more courage. That's what I always find myself short on and… Achieve
- You know, I was a kid who had difficulty speaking English when I first immigrated. But in my head, when I read a book, I… Book
- Travel light. She extended her arms to embrace her house, maybe the whole world. Arms
- It's never the changes we want that change everything. Change
- Shot at twenty-seven times - what a Dominican number... Dominican
- Nothing more exhilarating ... than saving yourself by the simple act of waking. Act