- Poet | January 23, 1930 -
Where I come from, we sing poetry.
Derek Walcott
PoetryWhereSingCome
My mother was a schoolteacher and very, very encouraging. She understood what it meant when I said I wanted to be a writer; both me and my brother wrote.
MotherBrotherMeSaidSheWriter
I am not in England; I live in the Caribbean. So I am not hungover by prizes and awards because it does not happen very often.
LiveI AmAwardsHappenCaribbean
After a while, when the writer is mature, it doesn't really matter - not because of finances but because of reputation. It doesn't really matter how many awards you get.
ReputationYouMatureMatterAwards
I don't want to write poems about the royal wedding. I would have to be moved by the event.
WeddingWantRoyalWriteEvent
My relationship to Britain is of no consequence.
RelationshipConsequenceBritain
I don't think there is any such thing as a black writer or a white writer. Ultimately, there is someone whom one reads.
BlackThinkSomeoneWhiteWhomAny
The fate of poetry is to fall in love with the world.
LovePoetryWorldFateFall
The myth of Naipaul... has long been a farce.
LongMythBeenFarce
The greatest writers have been, at heart, parochial, provincial in their rootedness.
HeartGreatestBeenProvincial
I think I would have been a totally different kind of writer if I'd gone to England. I might have developed a cynicism about my origins, a belittling of them, or an excessive nostalgia for them.
ThinkNostalgiaKindCynicismGone
I don't feel I've arrived home until I get on the beach. All my life, the theater of the sea has been a very strong thing.
LifeHomeSeaBeachStrongMy Life
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