You keep waiting for the heaviness to leave you. You keep waiting for the moment you never think about the ex again. It doesn't come.
Junot DiazAs for my slowness as a writer - that's been a struggle, no question. We live in a culture that values and rewards machine-speed productivity. Even the arts are expected to conform to the Taylor model of productivity.
Junot DiazThe idea that America has cornered the market on anti-immigration is ridiculous. It's a global phenomenon.
Junot Diaz