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Monique Roffey

All my books explore fatherhood. I look at what it means to have a big father figure at the centre: sometimes they’re a good father, sometimes bad.

– Monique Roffey

Monique Roffey

I talk to myself. It’s my worst habit. I often muse aloud, or, when people drive me crazy, I curse them aloud. I might do a ranting monologue about how pissed off I am about them, occasionally forgetting that they might still be in the room; now, that’s weird!

– Monique Roffey

Monique Roffey

The person I love most is the Dalai Lama. China destroyed his country, yet he says that it’s imperative we show love for the Chinese.

– Monique Roffey

Monique Roffey

New Year’s Eve is not about having a big party for me. It’s a time of reflection, and I often go on spiritual retreats.

– Monique Roffey

Monique Roffey

I made myself unhappy measuring my love against a given norm. The truth is, we make ourselves happy in among a wide variety of loves; all count.

– Monique Roffey

Monique Roffey

Long-term heterosexual monogamy is still the dominant model: men and women still want to pair for a long period of time.

– Monique Roffey

Monique Roffey

While I am most at home in London, I cannot really label myself as either British or Trinidadian. I write in the English language and live in the U.K. I find it hard to say that I am an entirely British writer, especially when I supported Trinidad in the 2006 World Cup and also support the West Indies cricket team.

– Monique Roffey

Monique Roffey

Trinidadians love speaking their own English; it’s full of poetic forms and can be playful and lyrical and comical. Trinidadians are verbal acrobats, and I love being on the island just to hear the people speak.

– Monique Roffey

Monique Roffey

Trinidad’s language is a fusion of English, African, and French, and so we have our own words and even our own dictionary. Steupse is a common local word, and it’s the onomatopoeic word for the sound people make to show disapproval, or to show they are vexed, when they suck their teeth together.

– Monique Roffey

Monique Roffey

My parents had a long and eventful marriage and were always a bit like movie stars to me when they were young.

– Monique Roffey

Monique Roffey

The romantic idealism of my youth has been replaced with realism and hard work at what I love.

– Monique Roffey

Monique Roffey

At the age of 62, my father died of cancer – it was much too soon. My mother never remarried or got over it, never even thought of another man.

– Monique Roffey

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