Junot Diaz Quotes

When I read Toni Morrison and Sandra Cisneros as a freshman at Rutgers, it all clicked - that writing was all I wanted to do. It became my calling.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I think that confidence is a big thing. It's being comfortable, feeling comfortable, managing your schedule.

Jimmy Walker

ConfidenceThinkFeelingSchedule

A lot of the girls I grew up with were pregnant by the time they were 16. I just was lucky.

Jill Scott

TimeLuckyUpJustPregnantWere

People think the gold medal is yours and they say you're going to win - but they have no idea how hard it is. People aren't doing it negatively - they're mostly lovely and they really do want you to win - but they don't understand the difficulty and intensity of competition.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

CompetitionPeopleGoldWinThink

My philosophy of dating is to just fart right away.

Jenny McCarthy

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Questions about form seem as hopelessly inadequate as questions about content.

Robert Smithson

QuestionsContentSeemInadequate

I'm happy at Tottenham.

Son Heung-min

Happy

I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like sausages. Every book is different, which takes a hell of a lot of ingenuity on my part.

Sue Grafton

BookHellWantWriteOutIngenuity

Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had.

Robin Cousins

FreedomGreatDanceIceSkating

The product I deliver is a luxury item. It's not cupcakes. A team of 10 works on my cakes.

Ron Ben-Israel

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I came into the music world in 1988 with a song called 'Ooh La La,' that was like a breath of fresh air in Haitian music.

Michel Martelly

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For my scale, how I grew up and live my life, I'm making plenty of money.

Louis C. K.

LifeLiveMoneyMy LifeUpMaking

When we do 'Sports Illustrated,' it starts the night before. You do a St. Tropez tan that night, then baby oil gel, then body color.

Chrissy Teigen

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