“For so long, the world has viewed West Indian culture as semiliterate ...” — Derek Walcott Quote

“For so long, the world has viewed West Indian culture as semiliterate and backward, which it is not. In my work, I have tried to give that world an exposure so the world can better understand it.”

“Anybody great, we're all interested in the relics. If you found an unfinished Gauguin, you'd still want to see it.”

“My mother, who is nearly ninety now, still talks continually about my father. All my life, I've been aware of her grief about his absence and her strong pride in his conduct.”

“Well, I think, I certainly used backward music in Sea of Monsters. I can't remember in the Sea of Time. I would tend to do that all the time, you know? I tended to do all sorts of weird things. Just to get effects.”

“You don't want to have a good couple of years, come through the Championship, have a good first year in the Premier League and then not play in the Premier League for another year or so because that is a backward step.”

“If you see me at a restaurant, blow me a kiss, wave, blow me another kiss, then walk five steps backward.”