I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
TONI MORRISONThere’s a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises. If you write for life, you’ll work hard; you’ll do what’s honest, not what pays.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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