“My novel, which I had started with such hope shortly after publishing ...” — Junot Diaz Quote

“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.”

“Dude, you don't want to be dead. Take it from me. No-pussy is bad. But dead is like no-pussy times ten.”

“Our relationship wasn't the sun, the moon, the stars, but it wasn't bullshit, either.”