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Linton Kwesi Johnson Quotes

I am often asked why I started to write poetry. The answer is that my motivation sprang from a visceral need to creatively articulate the experiences of the black youth of my generation, coming of age in a racist society.

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: jamaican
Birth: August 24, 1952

Topics

Age I Am Poetry Youth Society Black

Allow yourself a few parties, but be mindful the rest of the time.

Jillian Michaels

Time Yourself Rest Mindful Allow

Sometimes it's literally just a feeling that you get that somebody is more interested than someone else; and they may both say they're interested, but you get a feeling.

John Badham

Someone You Feeling Sometimes Say

The firmest house in my fiction, probably, is the little thick-walled sandstone farmhouse of 'The Centaur' and 'Of the Farm'; I had lived in that house, and can visualize every floorboard and bit of worn molding.

John Updike

Farm House Visualize Fiction Lived

What I really want to happen is for all companies to become eco - especially fast fashion companies.

Amber Valletta

Fashion Fast Want Become Happen

The statistics show that when you've done something for so long, it'll either be, yeah, you're slowing down, or someone's doing it better. But physically, I feel great. More than that, it's mental and spiritual.

Steven Lopez

Great Spiritual Better Someone Doing

Maybe I'm a dream artist, as they call it.

Shirley MacLaine

Artist Dream Call Maybe

I was not a great student.

Ronny Chieng

Great Student

You don't come to see a Greek play and not want blood and gore and depth of feeling from your boots up.

Ruth Negga

Boots You Feeling Play Blood Want

I'll write anything; I don't want to judge its form.

Mitch Leigh

Judge Want Write Anything Form

I just try not to look at any role as a comedic role or a dramatic role. I just try to stay in the movie I'm in.

Judy Greer

Look Try Dramatic Stay Role Just

I kill hype for a living.

Dominick Cruz

Living Hype

I didn't actually get along with my dad when I was growing up, so by the time I was in my 20s, I didn't think I was going to be a writer.

Brian Herbert

Time Growing Up Think Growing Up