Home / Quotes / Quote by Edwidge Danticat

Quote by Edwidge Danticat

“That has always been a strength of Haiti: Beyond crisis, it has beautiful art; it has beautiful music. But people have not heard about those as much as they heard about the coups and so forth. I always hope that the people who read me will want to learn more about Haiti.”

Quote by Edwidge Danticat

Author

Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian-American author known for her profound exploration of themes such as immigration, family, and identity. Her works, often set against the backdrop of Haitian culture, reflect her personal experiences and the broader social political issues surrounding them. more

You May Also Like

“We live now in a global culture where anything that happens in a place that's 90 minutes from your shores really affects you.”

Happens Culture Minutes Shore

Author:Edwidge Danticat

“I remember reading an interview with a writer who said that in nonfiction if you have one lie it sort of messes it up. But in fiction the real details give you so much more credibility, because people do so much research just to write fiction. In fiction you're trying to recreate something lifelike.”

People Ifs Giving Writing Trying Said Real Remember Lying Reading Fiction Research Details Mess Interviews Nonfiction Credibility

Author:Edwidge Danticat

“After writing fiction for so long, I like the discovery element of nonfiction, in the sense that when you find the right information, it feels like gold.”

Feels Writing Long Fiction Information Elements Discovery Gold Nonfiction Writing Fiction

Author:Edwidge Danticat

“It's interesting to see people overcome things. Because if you didn't overcome, you wouldn't be writing it.”

People Ifs Writing Interesting Overcoming

Author:Edwidge Danticat

“We've had fiction from the time of cave drawings. I think fiction, storytelling, and narrative in general will always exist in some form.”

Thinking Form Fiction Drawing Storytelling Narrative Caves

Author:Edwidge Danticat

“It's hard to tell what people will do with the word and how they'll be circulating it but I think the storytellers and the stories themselves will always be there.”

People Thinking Hard Stories Storyteller

Author:Edwidge Danticat

“I don't know what will happen to the physical book and what it will mean for authors. I worry whether it will mean people can still make their careers this way. Will whatever comes next allow people to be able to own their ideas and be able to take time to develop them?”

People Knows Way Mean Stills Book Ideas Happens Able Next Careers Worry Take Time Mean People

Author:Edwidge Danticat

“I very much love a physical book myself. I think people who have had this experience of also seeing a book come together, from sitting down and writing the first word, to holding the binding in your hand, we have a deeper sentimental attachment to it than others might.”

People Thinking Writing Firsts Book Hands Might Together Seeing Sitting Down And Deeper Attachment Sentimental Binding Sitting Down Much Love

Author:Edwidge Danticat

“I love the process of cracking the spine for the first time and slowly sinking into a book. That will soon seem old-fashioned, I'm sure, like the time of illuminated manuscripts.”

Firsts Book Seems Process First Time Old Fashioned Spine Sinking Manuscripts

Author:Edwidge Danticat

“Language is such a powerful thing. After the earthquake, I went to Haiti and people were talking about how [they] described this feeling of going through an earthquake. People really didn't have the vocabulary - before we had hurricanes. I'd talk with people and they'd say, "We have to name it; it has to have a name."”

People Feelings Names Language Powerful Talking Vocabulary Hurricanes Earthquakes Haiti

Author:Edwidge Danticat