“I don't feel I've arrived home until I get on the beach. All my life, ...” — Derek Walcott Quote

“I don't feel I've arrived home until I get on the beach. All my life, the theater of the sea has been a very strong thing.”

“Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty, the sigh of History dissolves.”

“The myth of Naipaul... has long been a farce.”

“I'm a big fan of Beyonce and Rihanna. I've listened to Beyonce all my life, and she's a big influence on me.”

“I suppose all my life I was told by my mother that I was useless and rubbish, and all the rest, and it goes in, you know.”

“I think this is all my life. Because if I was split gymnastics and something else like far, fun or to go with friends. No, this, you're supposed to one go, one straight road and to do every day. And touch the wall, of the goal.”