Marlon James

What I find, particularly with young writers and readers, is that they don't want complicated feelings.

My first novel, 'John Crow's Devil,' freed me up to write about the past, and 'The Book of Night Women' freed me up to have a book totally based on voice and being very spontaneous.

We're not big on irony in Jamaica, sarcasm and double-talk. We tend to say things plainly, sometimes to the point of boredom.

I'm a big rock star, I got a beautiful girl, and they still call me a fag. Its' like high school never ends - the jocks are always on top.

I broke with my religion in college.

I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.