You ask everybody you know: How long does it usually take to get over it? There are many formulas. One year for every year you dated. Two years for every year you dated. It's just a matter of will power: The day you decide it's over, it's over. You never get over it.
Junot DiazIt's just a matter of willpower. The day you decide it's over, it's over. You never get over it.
Junot DiazI can't imagine anybody who ends up being an artist who didn't pass through a time of geekiness.
Junot DiazAs expected: she, the daughter of the Fall, recipient of its heaviest radiation, loved atomically.
Junot DiazMy art feels like it's real disobedient. I can fill notebooks with observations and maybe they find their way into the work unconsciously, which is great. I've never been able to directly plug, like to take a little snip that I've picked up on the street and transfer it into a story. I don't know what's wrong, but it never works that way.
Junot Diaz