As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully. Taiye Selasi beautifullynovelisttruth Change image and share on social
That's what makes writer's block so painful. You think the well has run dry, maybe somewhere in the heavens the tap has been turned off. That's beyond frightening. Taiye Selasi blockfrightenheaven Change image and share on social
I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but lives in Ghana. I grew up in Boston. Taiye Selasi arabiabearboston Change image and share on social
I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims. Taiye Selasi ambitionannouncebegin Change image and share on social
When I'm working, I'm so narrowly focused on sound, language, rhythm, flow, that I rarely feel the emotion of the text. It's only after - long after - I've finished a piece that I can experience in any way its emotional charge. Taiye Selasi chargeemotionemotional share on social
I live in Rome and five minutes from my flat is a church where you can walk in and see this beautiful Caravaggio. Just the way this man uses dark paint: dark to create dark to create dark, the layering of the darkness in his work. I just race home: I want to create! Taiye Selasi beautifulcaravaggiochurch share on social
So often, literature about African people is conflated with literature about African politics, as if the state were somehow of greater import or interest than the individual. Taiye Selasi africanconflategreat Change image and share on social
Every Christmas, all around Ghana, there are tons of these parties and they are full of everything that exists in human life in Ghana and worldwide. Taiye Selasi christmasexistfull Change image and share on social
I wrote fiction during my entire childhood, from age 4 to 18, and started writing plays when I went to Yale and Oxford. Taiye Selasi agechildhoodentire Change image and share on social
I write essays to clear my mind. I write fiction to open my heart. Taiye Selasi clearessayfiction Change image and share on social
