Kathryn Stockett quotes

Kathryn Stockett is an American novelist best known for her debut novel, "The Help." Her book became a bestseller and was adapted into a successful film, earning widespread acclaim. She continues to be recognized for her powerful storytelling and contributions to contemporary literature. Here are 14 of her quotes:

I have never been more proud of the United States than I am this year. We have elected an African-American president. We have the stellar Michelle Obama setting the standard for American women. I simply cannot say it enough: look how far we've come. (Kathryn Stockett)

As children, we looked up to our maids and our nannies, who were playing in some ways the role of our mothers. They were paid to be nice to us, to look after us, teach us things and take time out of their day to be with us. As a child you think of these people as an extension of your mother.

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I grew up in the 1970s, but I don't think a whole lot had changed from the '60s. Oh, it had changed in the law books - but not in the kitchens of white homes.

Kathryn Stockett

Demetrie came to wait on my grandmother in 1955 and stayed for 32 years. It was common, in Mississippi, to have a black domestic cleaning the kitchen, cooking the meals, looking after the white children.

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It can be really powerful to write something when you're sad.

Kathryn Stockett

Some readers tell me, 'We always treated our maid like she was a member of the family.' You know, that's interesting, but I wonder what your maid's perspective was on that.

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I think if you're president, color goes away completely: you're president and it doesn't matter if you're white, green or purple.

Kathryn Stockett

I was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1969, in a time and place where no one was saying, 'Look how far we've come,' because we hadn't come very far, to say the least. Although Jackson's population was half white and half black, I didn't have a single black friend or a black neighbor or even a black person in my school.

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Having a separate bathroom for the black domestic was just the way things were done. It had faded out in new homes by the time the '70s and '80s rolled up.

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I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didn't have any phone service and we didn't have any mail. Like a lot of writers do, I started to write in a voice that I missed.

Kathryn Stockett

When I grew older and awkward, when my parents divorced and life had gone all to hell, Demetrie stood me at the wardrobe mirror and told me over and over, 'You are beautiful. You are smart. You are important.' It was an incredible gift to give a child who thinks nothing of herself. (Kathryn Stockett)

I do wish that people talked about the subject of race, especially in the South.

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I have decided not to die.

Kathryn Stockett

Im a Southerner - I never take satisfaction in touching a nerve.

Kathryn Stockett

Kathryn Stockett

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Occupation: American Novelist
Born: 1969
Quotes count: 14

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