I can always tell if someone's from Harvard because they trot out their vitae. I would die at Harvard. Junot Diaz dieharvardtrot Change image and share on social
I seem to have to make my characters family before I can access their hearts in any way that matters. Junot Diaz accesscharacterfamily Change image and share on social
We hide so well. This is the bottom line: how hidden is male subjectivity? Name five books where male subjectivity is produced in an honest way. Junot Diaz bookbottomhide Change image and share on social
I'm not writing fairy tales or object lessons. Junot Diaz fairylessonobject Change image and share on social
I really am a believer that 99.99% of all the stories we need, not only as artists but as human beings, not only as writers but as readers, haven't been written yet. Certainly haven't been published yet. Junot Diaz artistbeingbeliever share on social
In the end, all worlds, whether they're set in the future or in New Jersey of today, are fictions. Sure, you don't got to do too much work to build a mundane world, but don't get it twisted: you still got to do some work. Junot Diaz buildendfiction share on social
Even if you didn't come from another country, the idea of how do you make a home somewhere new is common to anyone who's either going to college, shifting towns. Junot Diaz collegecommoncountry Change image and share on social
My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist at all. Junot Diaz africanexistmake Change image and share on social
I know for a fact that - it's just the way our biases work now in the industry of literature, but certainly a short story collection does not receive the same kind of attention as a novel. Junot Diaz attentionbiasecollection Change image and share on social
Let me tell you, if I could write one-tenth as fast as some of my friends, I'd be made. I'd be it. But instead I happen to be, in the tree of life of writers, down at the bottom, with the hematodes. Junot Diaz bottomfastfriend Change image and share on social
