Junot Diaz Quotes

'A Princess of Mars' may not have exerted the same colossal pull that Tarzan had on the global imagination, but its influence on generations of readers cannot be underestimated.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ImaginationInfluencePrincessMars

Remember folks stop lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph.

Jim Samuels

RememberStopLightsFolksAlsoMph

I got a pit bull from a shelter, so my whole life is centered on this dog, and I've been writing a lot of dog jokes. I should probably give up now, because I'm writing jokes about my dog.

Joe Mande

LifeDogWritingNowBullJokes

Music has always been my passion. It was not a hobby or something I can take out of my life.

Jessica Sanchez

LifeMusicPassionMy LifeHobby

Most comics point out what everyone else is thinking but hadn't thought of verbalizing. I guess, in a way, that makes most comics seers. It just depends in what category - some choose to be the seers of relationships, some are seers of racial issues, and some are seers of political issues.

Maz Jobrani

ThinkingThoughtPoliticalChoose

The FISA Amendment Act of 2008 actually allows some of the things we were doing under the president's authority only against al Qaeda, it allows them for all legitimate foreign intelligence purposes.

Michael Hayden

IntelligenceDoingAuthorityAct

We had two terms of Barack Obama. Unfortunately, we have these people that are afraid, and they always try to roll us back, but they can never roll us back as much as we go forward.

Stephen Henderson

PeopleForwardBackGoTryNever

I wish I could calculate my way to a bigger audience, but I don't think I'm smart enough. Actually, I don't think anyone is smart enough. Most calculations along those lines fail.

Stephen McCauley

SmartThinkWishEnoughWayI Wish

I hate that song 'Mr. Bojangles.' It drives me up the wall, since it's not about him at all. He was never a bum in jail.

Shirley Temple

HateMeSongWallJailNever

Playing a superhero was an acting challenge for me. It was fun.

Masi Oka

ChallengeFunMeActingSuperhero

What we did in our childhoods makes us who we are now.

Jon Heder

NowUsWhoOurDidMakes

I have a very varied taste in music from Boards of Canada to Radiohead. So I just love making music and being in the studio.

Deadmau5

LoveMusicCanadaTasteBeingJust

Journalism's ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests.

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger

HomeDayPurposeJournalismNever

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