Top 31 Quotes by Marlon James

About Marlon James

These are some quotes by Vincentian author Marlon James Athlete.

I'm really interested in how non-American countries process race.

I'm really interested in how non-American countries process race.

Marlon James

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.

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.

Marlon James

I always tell my students to complicate your characters: never make it easy for the reader. Nobody is ever one thing. That's what makes characters compelling.

I always tell my students to complicate your characters: never make it easy for the reader. Nobody is ever one thing. That's what makes characters compelling.

Marlon James

Not every gay person recites poetry or has read Keats. You can get readers through anything if the characters are complicated. You can't dismiss Josey Wales' quite liberal worldview.

Not every gay person recites poetry or has read Keats. You can get readers through anything if the characters are complicated. You can't dismiss Josey Wales' quite liberal worldview.

Marlon James

'The Daily Mail' interviewed my friends in Jamaica to find out if I was ever the victim of a vicious homophobic attack because, to them, I'm a gay refugee. But nothing like that happened. So, no surprise, that story didn't appear. I'm really pretty boring.

Marlon James

There was never a single murder in my neighbourhood; there was barely a robbery. It was so suburban, it was almost disappointing.

There was never a single murder in my neighbourhood; there was barely a robbery. It was so suburban, it was almost disappointing.

Marlon James

Pretty much everything I've written is a mix of excitement and fear.

Pretty much everything I've written is a mix of excitement and fear.

Marlon James

We shouldn't romanticize rejection. There's nothing romantic about rejection. It's horrible.

We shouldn't romanticize rejection. There's nothing romantic about rejection. It's horrible.

Marlon James

If reggae comes from another country, you can have the relationship to reggae that I have to rock. But it's something I grew up with. It's probably something I appreciate more now. In the '80s, I was all about New Wave and synth pop - New Order and Depeche Mode and Eurythmics and Michael Jackson and tons and tons and tons of Prince.

Marlon James

In creative writing, I teach that characters arise out of our need for them.

In creative writing, I teach that characters arise out of our need for them.

Marlon James

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