Junot Diaz Quotes

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 a story is as daunting a prospect as a novel.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MeStoryFriendsHardOutWeekly

I had to get used to seeing Samantha Bee around. I had to get used to seeing Jon, like, getting a bagel, and to John Oliver, and all these people whom I had seen on TV. Colbert would sometimes drop by. I had to get used to being a part of this multiple-Emmy-winning machine and being this 22-year-old black girl who was really green.

Jessica Williams

GirlPeopleGreenBeeBlackSeeing

With 'Law & Order,' I had to be very conscious of what I was doing. I didn't want to show too much character.

Jeremy Sisto

CharacterLawDoingToo MuchWant

Once we thought, journalists and readers alike, that if we put together enough 'facts' and gave them a fast stir, we would come up with something that, at least by the standards of short-order cooks, could be called the truth.

Melvin Maddocks

TruthTogetherFactsThoughtEnough

Like many of the ideas that mattered in the American Revolution, extraterrestrials got their start in antiquity. The Greek philosopher Epicurus speculated that the universe must be infinite, eternal and abounding in 'worlds' just like our own.

Matthew Stewart

IdeasStartRevolutionUniverseOwn

Canada has been phenomenal to myself, my brother, my sister, their kids, my parents. They came there. They worked very hard. They came with a great education, very good heads on their shoulders with the simple thought of going there with almost nothing and just saying, 'We're doing this to give our kids the best opportunity possible.'

Milos Raonic

EducationGoodOpportunityGreat

Joseph Smith was true to his calling and fulfilled his duty even in the face of severe persecution and great personal sacrifice.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

GreatSacrificeFaceTruePersonal

So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear.

Diana Krall

WorkExperienceImaginationPersonal

I'm very flattered, but I don't think I'm the sexiest man on the planet.

Douglas Wilson

ManThinkPlanetSexiestVery

The 2018 tour is supposed to be a farewell tour. But you take farewell tours one at a time.

Christine McVie

TimeYouFarewellTakeTourTours

Music can change the world because it can change people.

Bono

ChangeMusicChange The WorldPeople

My father built a small manufacturing business. I worked alongside him and saw firsthand the challenges that business owners face.

Brett Guthrie

FatherBusinessChallengesSmallHim

I was neither good in sports nor at studies, but I always wanted to stand out and be noticed.

Anupam Kher

GoodSportsStandAlwaysOutWanted

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