I'm writing out of desperation. I felt compelled to write to make sense of it to myself - so I don't end up saying peculiar things like 'I'm black and I'm proud.' I write so I don't end up as a set of slogans and clichรฉs.
Jamaica KincaidI 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.
Jamaica Kincaid