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Jamaica Kincaid Quotes

- Novelist | May 25, 1949 -

When I'm writing, I think about the garden, and when I'm in the garden I think about writing. I do a lot of writing by putting something in the ground.

Jamaica Kincaid

Writing Think Garden Ground I Think

I didn't know it was possible to be successful as a writer, so I wasn't afraid to fail.

Jamaica Kincaid

Know Possible Afraid Fail Successful

I like cooking, but I think someone else ought to do the dishes.

Jamaica Kincaid

Cooking Think Someone Like Dishes

I was given a dictionary when I was seven, and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I read it the way you read a book.

Jamaica Kincaid

Book You Nothing Way Dictionary

When once I got to America I fell in love with hippie culture, and I've always wanted to live in the country and grow organic vegetables.

Jamaica Kincaid

Love Live Culture Grow America

I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance.

Jamaica Kincaid

Children Small I Can Never Write

I like to be in my pajamas all day. Sometimes I don't wash for days because I like to read and sit around. I like to eat in bed.

Jamaica Kincaid

Day Bed Sometimes Pajamas Eat Days

I like melancholy. I like to pretend that I'm alone in the world and I'm just sort of abandoned.

Jamaica Kincaid

Alone World Abandoned Pretend Just

One doesn't have to pursue unhappiness. It comes to you. You come into the world screaming. You cry when you're born because your lungs expand. You breathe. I think that's really kind of significant. You come into the world crying, and it's a sign that you're alive.

Jamaica Kincaid

World Think You Born Alive Kind

I loved Charlotte Bronte when I was little, and I wanted to be Charlotte Bronte the way people want to be a princess.

Jamaica Kincaid

People Loved Princess Want Way

I picked a name that was a combination of an island name and a very English name. Havana was one choice and Dominico was another, but I liked the combination of Jamaica Kincaid.

Jamaica Kincaid

Name Choice Island Havana English

I grew up in this poor place, with very limited circumstances, at about 16 years of age was sent by my family to work, and instead of remaining in the position into which I was sent, I somehow worked my way out of it without any help from anyone, just luck.

Jamaica Kincaid

Work Family Age Luck Help Place

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