Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
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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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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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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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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Lonely was much better than alone.
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There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
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Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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