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Jamaica Kincaid Quotes

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

Jamaica Kincaid

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Know Possible Afraid Fail Successful

I've always had mostly gay male friends.

Melissa McCarthy

Friends Gay Always Had Male Mostly

I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface.

Creative Energy Want Somebody Use

I have lost a little bit of flexibility, but the doctors say with any kind of torn ligament it is not uncommon for the injury to take 16 months to be 100 percent healed.

Lost Say Kind Little Flexibility

Genre aside, I'd like to make a film about people.

People Film Make Like Genre About

I enjoyed having a reputation as being wild, but these days I try not to worry about what people think in the privacy of their own brain or what they write in the bizarre publicity of their own newspapers, because all of those things are meaningless.

People Brain Reputation Think Worry

I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell stories.

Writing Acting Desire Tell Little

Magic Johnson, former basketball player, may run for mayor of L.A. in the next election. Remember the good 'ol days when only qualified people ran for office like actors and professional wrestlers.

Good People Basketball Remember Run

I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land.

Life Father My Life Hand Land Him

When I write, I'm talking to myself constantly to make sure that it sounds OK; it has kind of a nice rhythm and a nice jump to it.

Brian Azzarello

Myself Talking Jump Nice Kind Write

How one hates to think of oneself as alone. How one avoids it. It seems to imply rejection or unpopularity.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Alone Think Rejection Seems Hates

I was very lucky when I was a kid - I travelled a lot and spent a lot of time in Africa, Asia and Europe. I also chant in Sanskrit.

Time Africa Lucky Kid Europe Asia

We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.

Hope Darkness People End Long Now

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