"I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance."

-- Jamaica Kincaid

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Because I'm stern and scolding [the characters] sometimes, I'm sure I'll get a ton of grief.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Do you love truth for truth's sake, and will you endeavor impartially to find and receive it yourself, and communicate it to others?”
“Your nervous system has to become collectively conscious.”
“Iâ€™m so revolted by writers taking themselves seriously that, as a kind of protest, Iâ€™ve deprioritized the role of writing in my life. I do it when Iâ€™ve not got anything better to do â€“ and even then I often do nothing instead.”
“If you asked people, "Do you like jazz?" they would be like, "not at all." But I think that if you're really putting yourself out there and really communicating, music can put you beyond people's preconceptions, beyond their playlist.”

Source : "A New Standard: Kamasi Washington's Modern Jazz Revolution". Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. June 9, 2015.
“I grew up in Canada, man - we all had rinks in our backyards because we'd ice down the grass with a hose and build a skating rink.”
“Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.”
“It's beginning to feel like there is no room in America for anyone who is not a fundamentalist Christian.”

You may also like:

Allen Shawn
Composer
Derek Walcott
Poet
Edwidge Danticat
Author
Jean Rhys
Novelist
John Ruskin
Art critic
Maxine Hong Kingston
Author
Paule Marshall
Author
William Shawn
Editor
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Writer