Jamaica Kincaid Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

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

“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.”

“I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards.”

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

“The garden has taught me to live, to appreciate the times when things are fallow and when they're not.”

“What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her.”

“You know how some people write every day at a certain point? I'm not like that. I carry something around for a long time. I weigh the words and the sentences. I weigh the paragraphs. The process is much more meditative for me.”

“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.”

“I'll read anything. In fact, I'll read while I'm doing other things, which is not a good idea.”