Junot Diaz Quotes

Art is not boosterism, it's not propaganda, and it's not spin, but that's not something that art does, and nor has it historically ever done it.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ArtDonePropagandaSomethingSpin

I think politicians really go with the tide.

Jimmy Carter

ThinkTideGoPoliticiansI Think

After you do a play like 'The Normal Heart,' it's hard to find something you feel so passionate about.

John Benjamin Hickey

HeartFeelYouFindPlayPassionate

When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of your employer. That's a little bit different than when you sit down and write something to satisfy yourself, because then you're the employer.

Joel Coen

JobYourselfWritingExpectations

If you quit once, it's so much easier to quit the second, third, fourth time.

Michael Chang

TimeYouQuitEasierSecondOnce

I pay myself three, three and half million - which is plenty of money, c'mon.

John Schnatter

MyselfMoneyThreePayHalfMillion

Some directors are interested in acting, and others are only interested in cranes and moving the camera.

Stellan Skarsgard

MovingCameraActingOthersOnly

Math was my favorite subject, and English was my worst.

Rob Gronkowski

WorstMathEnglishFavoriteSubject

Sports provides that tool kit to be successful in life. Because it's not always going to be smooth sailing.

Michelle Kwan

LifeSportsAlwaysSuccessfulGoing

Progressives make money and spend money on businesses that meet needs instead of kill people! The future is in meeting needs - unto the bourgeois business of cleaning the drapes! - not spewing death and destruction with kickbacks.

Mimi Kennedy

FutureBusinessMoneyDeathPeople

The reality is, risk is variable. Those in the financial world know it.

Jason Fried

WorldFinancialRealityKnowRisk

You don't hurt 'em if you don't hit 'em.

Chesty Puller

SportsHurtYouHit

Wouldn't it be great if you could put all the published works online? The Internet Archive is trying to become useful as a modern-day digital library.

Brewster Kahle

GreatLibraryInternetTryingYou

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