Junot Díaz Quote

This life takes a lot more courage than I ever gave it credit for. When I was growing up around here I was always fantasizing heroic shit without realizing that what was shaping up was going to be the greatest heroic adventure of them all: trying to live and be a decent human being. That shit takes more courage than I ever had.

Profile in Playboy magazine (August 2013)

This life takes a lot more courage than I ever gave it credit for. When I was growing up around here I was always fantasizing heroic shit without...

This life takes a lot more courage than I ever gave it credit for. When I was growing up around here I was always fantasizing heroic shit without...

This life takes a lot more courage than I ever gave it credit for. When I was growing up around here I was always fantasizing heroic shit without...

This life takes a lot more courage than I ever gave it credit for. When I was growing up around here I was always fantasizing heroic shit without...