Junot Diaz Quotes

Long before the idea of multiculturalism, in public people could say almost anything to you and get away with it.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleLongYouSayAnythingGet

I was born in Washington, D.C., where my father was working for the Federal Trade Commission, and my mom was editor for the National Council of Catholic Women, but my parents were simply awaiting my birth before moving back to their roots in Rhode Island to raise their family.

Joanna Going

FamilyFatherWomenParentsMom

I don't remember, at 19, someone giving me a golden key and saying, 'Welcome to Hollywood; which job would you like?'

Jessica Capshaw

JobWelcomeMeSayingKeyGiving

I went to California at a perfect time... when many of those people that I had admired so much in films were not working that much. They had free time on their hands to talk to... me, and they liked me because I knew so much about them.

Robert Osborne

TimePeopleMeFreeHandsPerfect

I would like to play with electronic keyboards again.

Andy Summers

PlayWouldLikeAgainElectronic

It is true that the record company are always thinking of new ways to flog New Order to people.

Stephen Morris

PeopleThinkingNewTrueCompany

Comfort zones are plush lined coffins. When you stay in your plush lined coffins, you die.

Stan Dale

DieYouComfortStayYourLined

I don't mind being a buffoon.

Stewart Rahr

MindBeing

Nobody is more capable of detecting eventual economic fluctuation than women, since they monitor the increases and decreases of their home's budgets.

Michel Temer

HomeWomenNobodyMoreCapableThan

I still love R&B - I kind of literally listen to everything.

Chris Lane

LoveKindListenEverythingStill

I'm intending to work on juvenile justice reform, sentencing reform, reentry, drug treatment, access to mental health care.

Cory Booker

WorkHealthJusticeCareJuvenile

I'm a big supporter of the military simply because I'm the daughter of a Polish immigrant who fled Europe during World War II from Poland and lied about his age to join the Army simply because he was proud to be an American. And who isn't?

Cindy Morgan

DaughterAgeWarWorldProudArmy

I like every individual editor, designer, marketing and publicity person I deal with, but I don't like what publishers, corporately, are doing to the ecology of the book world. It's damaging, and it should change.

Philip Pullman

ChangeWorldBookDoingPersonDeal

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