I can't imagine anybody who ends up being an artist who didn't pass through a time of geekiness. Junot Diaz artistendgeekiness Change image and 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
I'm sure I'm one of those undiagnosed people with social anxiety. Junot Diaz anxietypeoplesocial Change image and share on social
I guess I'm just hopelessly fascinated by the realities that you can assemble out of connected fragments. Junot Diaz assembleconnectfascinate Change image and share on social
The one thing about being a dude and writing from a female perspective is that the baseline is, you suck. The baseline is it takes so long for you to work those atrophied muscles - for you to get on parity with what women's representations of men are. Junot Diaz atrophybaselinedude 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
We have a whole bunch of young people and a whole bunch of families. Are we going to disrupt these families and tear them apart? Or are we going think, like, listen - these people are here. We've got to deal with this reality. We've got to extend the franchise. Junot Diaz bunchdealdisrupt share on social
I act most like myself... when I'm in my hometown, Santo Domingo. I try to get there about five times a year. Junot Diaz actdomingohometown Change image and share on social
I'm a product of a fragmented world. Junot Diaz fragmentproductworld Change image and share on social
Personally I always feel like I could use a little more of poetry apothegmatic power in my own work but we're always lacking something. Junot Diaz apothegmaticfeellack Change image and share on social
