Junot Diaz Quotes

John Carter was also one of our first recognizable superhumans and there is little doubt that his extraordinary physical feats inspired Superman's creators. Remember: before Superman could fly or turn back time, he was nothing less than an earthbound crime-fighting John Carter in tights.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeFlyRememberDoubtBackFirst

I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

Jimmy Buffett

AgePeopleMatterInspiredRolling

I see people that have success, and I see how poised and polished they are and how they handle it. I wonder inside if they feel the same way that I feel.

Jerry West

SuccessPeopleFeelWonderWaySee

To be an artist that is fully original, it doesn't exist.

John Gourley

ArtistOriginalExistFully

Whenever people say they didn't like the main character of a book, they mean they didn't like the book. The main character has to be a friend? I don't get that.

Melissa Bank

FriendCharacterPeopleBookSay

Veterans' issues are quite close to my heart. I find it quite hard to talk about, actually.

John Oliver

HeartFindVeteransTalkHardClose

Christian audiences, I think, have grown very tired of movies that try to pander to them.

John Lee Hancock

TiredThinkChristianMoviesTry

Poetry is a beautiful way of expressing feelings - happy, sad, angry, caring. It's also a way that we share with other people, to help them with those feelings.

Mattie Stepanek

SadBeautifulAngryPoetryCaring

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.

Stieg Larsson

MyselfSocietyKnowKindOutside

In Germany, I have been called the Queen of Kitsch, but I don't mind that - as long as people buy the books.

Rosamunde Pilcher

QueenPeopleMindLongBuyBeen

I tell people, 'I'm American. I act.'

Roma Maffia

PeopleAmericanTellAct

I love my martial arts and action movies. They give another dimension to the acting world: the emotional plus the physical.

Michelle Yeoh

LoveWorldActionActingMovies

I'm very much more interested in the created family than I am in actual families.

Joss Whedon

FamilyI AmMoreInterestedThanAm

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