Junot Diaz Quotes About Doubt

Quotes about: Doubt

• We all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there's an authoritative voice out there that will explain things, including ourselves. If it wasn't for our longing for these things, I doubt the novel or the short story would exist in its current form. I'm not going to say much more on the topic. Just remember: In dictatorships, only one person is really allowed to speak. And when I write a book or a story, I too am the only one speaking, no matter how I hide behind my characters.

  Junot Diaz

  Dream, Book, Writing

  "Questions for Junot Díaz". Interview with Meghan O'Rourke, www.slate.com. April 8, 2008.

• She had reason to doubt him; he was real good at planning but real bad at doing.

  Junot Diaz

  Real, Doubt, Planning

  Junot Diaz (2009). “Drown”, p.88, Faber & Faber

• John Carter was also one of our first recognizable superhumans and there is little doubt that his extraordinary physical feats inspired Superman's creators. Remember: before Superman could fly or turn back time, he was nothing less than an earthbound crime-fighting John Carter in tights.

  Junot Diaz

  Fighting, Doubt, Tights

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