Caryl Phillips quotes

Questions of identity have always played a large part in my thinking and writing; and, of course, race is a key component of identity. Certainly for me, and certainly in Britain. (Caryl Phillips)
It felt uncomfortably foreign, I would say. Obviously, it was the first time I had been in a country where everybody looked like me. But obviously, culturally, it was completely alien. And I found people in the street in St. Kitts actually were calling me "English".. View quote
Caryl Phillips
I never really see a book in the context of what went before because when I finish a book I try to press the delete button so that it's wiped off the hard drive... View quote
Caryl Phillips

Caryl Phillips

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Occupation: Novelist
Born: March 13, 1958
Quotes count: 3
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