I was neither black enough for the black kids or Dominican enough for the Dominican kids. I didn't have a safe category. Junot Diaz blackcategorydominican Change image and share on social
I sleep way too much and I read tremendously. Junot Diaz readsleeptremendously Change image and share on social
I discovered early that as an artist there was absolutely nothing wrong with being surrounded by people who were not dedicated to your field. Junot Diaz absolutelyartistdedicate Change image and share on social
Love is understood, in a historical way, as one of the great human vocations - but its counterspell has always been infidelity. This terrible, terrible betrayal that can tear apart not only another person, not only oneself, but whole families. Junot Diaz betrayalcounterspellfamily share on social
Spin is 'something is beautiful because we say it's beautiful.' Junot Diaz beautifulspin Change image and share on social
There is a lot of scepticism today as to whether memoir is real. But when fiction is done at a certain level there is scepticism as to whether it is really fiction. Junot Diaz fictionlevellot Change image and share on social
Any art worth its name requires you to be fundamentally lost for a very long time. Junot Diaz artfundamentallylong Change image and share on social
For kind of sophisticated art I'm interested in, the larger structural rebuke has to be so subtle that it has to be distributed at an almost sub-atomic level. Otherwise, you fall into the kind of preachy, moralistic fable that I don't think makes for good literature. Junot Diaz artatomicdistribute share on social
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 bookcallhuman Change image and share on social
I'm an immigrant and I will stay an immigrant forever. Junot Diaz foreverimmigrantstay Change image and share on social
