Junot Diaz Quotes

I do think that books are invaluable as a reservoir of what we call the human space. And this is why I think that, even if they're threatened, the work that they do has an incalculable merit.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkSpaceThinkWhyHumanCall

You see the names of places roundabout? They're mine now, and I've turned them inside out.

Andrew Motion

YouNowPlacesInsideSeeOut

Old actors never die, they don't even fade away. They're always available.

Russell Johnson

DieFadeNeverOldAlwaysAvailable

I had to be intellectually satisfied as well as emotionally because at that time of life one doesn't just fall into it in adolescent emotion, and I was satisfied at every point that it was the one way and the hard way to do things.

Ruth Pitter

LifeTimeFallWayEmotionHard

When you're in front of the camera, for a small budget or a big budget movie, there's no difference.

Monica Bellucci

SmallBudgetCameraYouDifference

I never thought of myself as a good singer.

Loleatta Holloway

GoodMyselfThoughtNeverSinger

I realized there's a difference between creating a character and sustaining a character. The challenge that comes with sustaining a character is that you have this sudden impulse to think about all the things the audience liked.

Jordan Gavaris

CharacterChallengeThinkYouThings

How many girls, models or not, are secure about their bodies? I think I'm more realistic about what to expect of myself now. I also have a lot of other things than modeling going on in my life that I'm proud of.

Cindy Crawford

LifeMyselfProudThinkMy LifeNow

They make a humongous profit, but the people that work on the shows don't get paid a lot because they're working on the Oscars show. It's the biggest show in the world.

Bruce Vilanch

WorkPeopleWorldProfitPaidGet

Make your life a mission - not an intermission.

Arnold H. Glasow

LifeMissionMakeYourIntermission

I often feel very guilty because of the time that I spend outside of my home and the little time that sometimes I have for my kids.

Antonio Banderas

HomeTimeFeelGuiltySometimes

I'm really looking forward to a time when generations after us look back and say how ridiculous it was that humans were driving cars.

Sebastian Thrun

TimeLooking ForwardLookingForward

Right now I'm looking at a liger out my bedroom window. He's half lion and half tiger. And he's absolutely beautiful. His name is Patrick.

Tippi Hedren

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