Jamaica Kincaid Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: May 25, 1949

Topics

WritingThinkGardenGroundI Think

My biggest thing is banana pudding, but it's the devil! So no one is allowed to bring it into my house. Because I can't control myself. So why put it in my domain?

Jennifer Hudson

MyselfControlDevilHouseWhy

There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.

John Kenneth Galbraith

TruthSeeingWonderfulSomething

I want life. I want to feel it and live it. I want, for as much of the time as possible in this blink-of-an-eye existence we have, to feel all that can be felt.

Matt Haig

LifeLiveTimeFeelWantPossible

Many writers learned their craft and work ethic at a newspaper. I benefited from that.

Michael Connelly

WorkWork EthicNewspaperCraftMany

We knew that all the protein-coding bits of genes do is to produce protein - they have to have instructions to turn them on and off. Those sequences lie well outside the protein-coding sequences, sometimes thousands, tens of thousands of bases away.

John Sulston

LieSometimesOutsideTurnGenes

Reality is contradictory. And it's paradoxical.

Tom Robbins

RealityParadoxicalContradictory

I want children to learn to develop deep reading skills in the beginning in print. I believe the physicality of print is much better in the beginning for children, and then help them learn how to use their deep reading skills on digital medium.

Maryanne Wolf

ChildrenBeginningBelieveReading

Some people say the reason I am not married is that I don't understand small business and the toughest small business in the world is a family. But when you are happy and feel every minute of your life, what is the reason to get married?

Mikhail Prokhorov

LifeFamilyBusinessI AmHappyYou

I strive to use references that may still make some kind of sense once our age has passed into history. That robs my writing of a certain connectedness to my time, but potentially might allow it to make sense to people who are not in this time.

Michel Faber

AgeHistoryTimePeopleWritingMay

One day, you might look up and see me playing the game at 50. Don't laugh. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

Michael Jordan

DayMeGameLimitsLaughLook

I really love over-the-knee boots. I think they're super sexy and they're fun. And they're also very strong and empowering.

Miranda Kerr

LoveFunStrongThinkSexyBoots

Windmills are going to be the death of Scotland and even England if they don't do something about them. They are ruining the countryside.

Donald Trump

DeathCountrysideSomethingGoing

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