Junot Diaz Quotes About Language

Quotes about: Language

• You know, I was a kid who had difficulty speaking English when I first immigrated. But in my head, when I read a book, I spoke English perfectly. No one could correct my Spanish. And I think that I retreated to books as a way, you know, to be, like, masterful in a language that was really difficult for me for many years.

  Junot Diaz

  Book, Kids, Thinking

• I always think about myself as a writer; that comes out of being a reader first, and I don't think I kind of got to really playing with language in any formal way probably until I was in my mid-twenties.

  Junot Diaz

  Thinking, Twenties, Way

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• An ear will never do you wrong, but I know writers who... most of the language they use is just extracted language from other languages they've read. I am a big-time reader, but I mix and match.

  Junot Diaz

  Use, Ears, Language

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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