Well, when you look at a lot of science fiction novels they're asking questions about power. There are questions about what it means to have power and what are the long-term consequences of power. Junot Diaz consequencefictionlong Change image and share on social
Cities produce love and yet feel none. A strange thing when you think about it, but perhaps fitting. Cities need that love more than most of us care to imagine. Cities, after all, for all their massiveness, all their there-ness, are acutely vulnerable. Junot Diaz acutelycarecity 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've always thought that you don't love a country by turning a blind eye to its crimes and to a problem. The way that you love a country is by seeing everything that it's done wrong, all of its mistakes, and still thinking that it's beautiful and that it's worthy. Junot Diaz beautifulblindcountry 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 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
My novel, which I had started with such hope shortly after publishing my first book of stories, wouldn't budge past the 75-page mark. Nothing I wrote past page 75 made any kind of sense. Nothing. Which would have been fine if the first 75 pages hadn't been pretty damn cool. Junot Diaz bookbudgecool share on social
I look most like myself... when I'm wearing my black, nerdy engineering glasses. Junot Diaz blackengineerglass Change image and share on social
When I became my masked identity I was this incredible little nerd, but in the real world I had to be this tough kid from the neighborhood. Junot Diaz identityincrediblekid 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
