I’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 MORRISONI didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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You are your best thing.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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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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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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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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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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