People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong. I guess the best way of saying it is that no one could have survived what we survived - whether it was first extermination and slavery, then abandonment and erasure, then the series of gunboat two-bit dictatorships, followed by the final apotheosis of dictatorships, the Trujillato. You couldn't survive it without the resistance of this kind of woman.
Junot DiazAs expected: she, the daughter of the Fall, recipient of its heaviest radiation, loved atomically.
Junot DiazThe thing is - do we really need another writer who writes a book every eighteen months, whether the quality is wonderful or not? I mean, maybe. But I can name twenty off the top of my head who do it. Maybe what we need is a writer like me who goes very slow, as well.
Junot DiazIf you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level any reflection of themselves
Junot DiazIf you really want a prize, or if you really want applause, you should try to write as many books as humanly possible.
Junot Diaz