Junot Diaz Quotes

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

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SomeoneDieI CanAlwaysOutTell

People can say anything they want to. If they don't want to get the news from me, get it from somebody else. It's not something I'm going to worry about, I'm sorry.

Jim Lehrer

PeopleMeSorryWorryNewsWant

I love being in a band.

Jewel

LoveBandBeingI Love

Mexico is becoming the northern part of Latin America, not the U.S.A.'s southern outpost.

Jeremy Corbyn

AmericaMexicoSouthernBecoming

For sure, there are times when one may have no choice but to go to war, but it is never something to rush to or accept without exploring every other available option.

John F. Kerry

WarChoiceGoAcceptNeverWithout

Real people are complex, contradictory, and have their own motivations - they can't just be mouthpieces for the writers' point of view.

Robert J. Sawyer

PeopleViewPoint Of ViewRealOwn

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.

Anita Desai

TruthAimFantasyRomanceTellAny

I wear stuff I regret all the time. It's very rare that I look back at a picture and think it was all good.

Suki Waterhouse

GoodTimeRegretThinkPictureLook

'Fowl Space' was a lovechild of boredom. While in class, two of the developers started passing designs back and forth. Somewhere in the middle of all that ink and crumpled paper, a chicken in a space helmet was born and thus we have 'Fowl Space.'

Rob Manuel

SpaceBoredomHelmetBackBornTwo

As far as intellectual training was concerned, my nine years from seven to sixteen were practically wasted.

Mary Augusta Ward

TrainingIntellectualYearsWasted

Finding ballet was like finding this missing piece of myself.

Misty Copeland

MyselfFindingMissingLikePiece

In truth, men speak too much of danger.

Jose Marti

TruthMenSpeakToo MuchDangerToo

What's funny about Jesus' Son is that I never even wrote that book, I just wrote it down. I would tell these stories and people would say, You should write these things down.

Denis Johnson

FunnySonPeopleBookYouDown

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