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About Junot Diaz
Dominican American writer and creative writing professor
Junot Díaz is a Dominican American writer and creative writing professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with 131 quotes on the site. He was also a former fiction editor at Boston Review. His work centers on the immigrant experience, especially the Latino immigrant experience. That focus shapes much of what he is known for as a writer and teacher.
More from Junot Diaz (131 quotes) →Other sayings from Junot Diaz
- “To an outsider, I just seem like a list of accomplishments. To me, all there is is how often I fail.”Junot Diaz
- “When I was working on 'Drown' - this was way back in the mid-'90s - I had this idea that I wanted to do anoth…”Junot Diaz
- “It's extraordinary how many people read a book that's new and weird and befriend it.”Junot Diaz
- “I feel most like myself... after I run - I go out for five miles every morning.”Junot Diaz
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- “I didn't allow failure to break my heart. So I wouldn't allow success to bloat my head.”Randeep Hooda
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- “A great restaurant doesn't distinguish itself by how few mistakes it makes but by how well they handle those…”Danny Meyer