Junot Diaz Quotes

My mother took care of us until my father scrammed, and then she ended up working in the small-factory sector of New Jersey with a lot of other immigrants.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 31, 1968

Topics

FatherMotherCareImmigrantsNew

I work every morning, all morning, sometimes in the afternoons. Then sometimes I hunt in the afternoons - quail, doves, grouse up north - but just to stay alive, because writers die from their lifestyle but also from their lack of movement.

Jim Harrison

WorkMorningDieAliveSometimesUp

When I'm working, I stay in ICU in any hospital that will get me a bed.

Jerry Lewis

MeBedWillHospitalStayWorking

Every time I was off school, I was in Carolina with my cousins. So it was a big influence on me. I actually experienced straight-up racism out there, too.

John David Washington

TimeRacismSchoolMeInfluenceOut

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

John Dryden

FreeSlavesEitherWholly

I was a perfect mother.

Maye Musk

MotherPerfect

If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you.

Jeanette Winterson

ChangeYourselfYouWriteFiction

There's a great deal of tension between so many kind of distinctive and restrictive female archetypes and images in the world. When you play with the archetypes, you get free.

Roisin Murphy

GreatWorldFreeYouPlayKind

I'm blessed to have a family, so it's not like I'm twiddling my thumbs. When I'm not working, that's where all my attention comes.

Matt Bomer

FamilyBlessedAttentionWorking

If everything moves along and there are no major catastrophes we're basically headed towards holograms.

Martin Scorsese

EverythingAlongMovesMajorTowards

There's a beautiful, kind of seductive trap in being autobiographical in our writing of songs: We just get stuck in our own syrup, and it's so personal that it almost can be embarrassing to the listener.

Lizz Wright

BeautifulWritingKindPersonalOwn

I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.

Judy Holliday

LearningBusinessMyselfExperience

I wake up around nine, drink a cup of coffee, answer some emails, and ease myself into the day.

Phillipa Soo

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