If 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 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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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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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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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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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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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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