Q: "How do you write about things that you're afraid of, like that make you like really upset, like how do you get over that?

A:" Guys, most of the project of being a writer isn't what you think like making words connect, making sentences sound great, coming up with images and plot -- most if it is getting the courage to put down on paper the things that you need to put down. As a writer you need to put yourself in the fear every time. The very act that you feel scared about something means that you actually have something worth saying and that cannot be underestimated."

• From the Writer's House Reading Series Film

http://wh.rutgers.edu/component/jvideo/watch/47/junot-diaz-meets-rutgers-students