Top 131 Quotes by Junot Diaz

About Junot Diaz

These are some quotes by American author Junot Diaz Writer, who was born on December 31, 1968.

I can always tell if someone's from Harvard because they trot out their vitae. I would die at Harvard.

I can always tell if someone's from Harvard because they trot out their vitae. I would die at Harvard.

Junot Diaz

I seem to have to make my characters family before I can access their hearts in any way that matters.

I seem to have to make my characters family before I can access their hearts in any way that matters.

Junot Diaz

I think 90% of my ideas evaporate because I have a terrible memory and because I seem to be committed to not scribble anything down. As soon as I write it down, my mind rejects it.

I think 90% of my ideas evaporate because I have a terrible memory and because I seem to be committed to not scribble anything down. As soon as I write it down, my mind rejects it.

Junot Diaz

When I was working on 'Drown' - this was way back in the mid-'90s - I had this idea that I wanted to do another collected stories. I wanted to do another book like 'Drown' that focused specifically on infidelity.

Junot Diaz

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 what I have to struggle to achieve in order that the work might live.

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 what I have to struggle to achieve in order that the work might live.

Junot Diaz

I grew up in the shadow of the Trujillato, saw how the regime had ravaged so many families.

I grew up in the shadow of the Trujillato, saw how the regime had ravaged so many families.

Junot Diaz

I'm one of those apocalyptics. From the start of my immigrant days, I've been fascinated by end-of-the-world stories, by outbreak narratives, and always wanted to set a world-ender on Hispaniola.

I'm one of those apocalyptics. From the start of my immigrant days, I've been fascinated by end-of-the-world stories, by outbreak narratives, and always wanted to set a world-ender on Hispaniola.

Junot Diaz

I'm just this Dominican kid from New Jersey.

I'm just this Dominican kid from New Jersey.

Junot Diaz

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 we recognize something as being new when it first appears. Usually I think we don't have that privilege. It's usually after the fact that we suddenly turn around and say, 'Wow, this thing is amazing.'

Junot Diaz

We hide so well. This is the bottom line: how hidden is male subjectivity? Name five books where male subjectivity is produced in an honest way.

We hide so well. This is the bottom line: how hidden is male subjectivity? Name five books where male subjectivity is produced in an honest way.

Junot Diaz

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