Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
TONI MORRISONPassion is never enough; neither is skill.
TONI MORRISONI’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
TONI MORRISONBlack boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
TONI MORRISONAnything dead coming back to life hurts.
TONI MORRISONFor me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
TONI MORRISONWicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
TONI MORRISONAll art is knowing when to stop.
TONI MORRISONWhat’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
TONI MORRISONThe ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
TONI MORRISONAt some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
TONI MORRISONI get angry about things, then go on and work.
TONI MORRISONDon’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
TONI MORRISONIf there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
TONI MORRISONBeing able to laugh got me through.
TONI MORRISONAll water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
TONI MORRISONSomething that is loved is never lost.
TONI MORRISON