Ghana Must Go
A source page for quotes linked to Taiye Selasi.
“How can I come from a nation? How can a human being come from a concept?”
“Sight is subjective. We learned that in class.”
“I write essays to clear my mind. I write fiction to open my heart.”
“The thing that comes most frequently to me on yoga retreats is excruciating pain in my hips.”
“I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.”
“The writer presents himself to the blank page not with an open passport but an open heart.”
“As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.”
“As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.”
“I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims.”
“I wouldn't mind my book being called an African novel if it didn't invite lazy readings.”