“ We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky. ”
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“ The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind. ”
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“ It hurts when they're gone. And it doesn't matter if it's slow or fast, whether it's a long drawnout disease or an unexpected accident. When they're gone the world turns upside down and you're left holding on, trying not to fall off. ”
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“ The job of the writer is to take a close and uncomfortable look at the world they inhabit, the world we all inhabit, and the job of the novel is to make the corpse stink. ”
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“ The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind. ”
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“ If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day... You don't go to a well once but daily. You don't skip a child's breakfast or forget to wake up in the morning... ”
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“ I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.” – Associated Press interview, 12711 ”
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“ The question is,' John added, 'if a person inside a culture has no knowledge of his place in the unfolding of that culture, or in the history of any other people, and if no one else among either the oppressors or the oppressed has that knowledge, can that person be said to be alive? Indeed on what plane could he possibly exist except as chattel where he is a slave or not? ”
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“ There's a resistance for people to talk about things that make them feel guilty. When natural disasters happen, it's easier not to feel guilty about it. ”
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“ There's a resistance for people to talk about things that make them feel guilty. When natural disasters happen, it's easier not to feel guilty about it. ”
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“ The reason I'm a writer is because I'm a writer. The reason I'm going through all these different genres is I'm trying to lay out a landscape for black male heroes. ”
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“ The reason I'm a writer is because I'm a writer. The reason I'm going through all these different genres is I'm trying to lay out a landscape for black male heroes. ”
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“ I think that people don't know how to do anything anymore. My father was a janitor. He could take a car apart and put it back together. He could build a house in the back yard. Today, if you ask people what they know, they say, 'I know how to hire someone… ”
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“ Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity. ”
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“ Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity. ”
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“ I think that people don't know how to do anything anymore. My father was a janitor. He could take a car apart and put it back together. He could build a house in the back yard. Today, if you ask people what they know, they say, 'I know how to hire someone… ”
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“ The reason I'm a writer is because I'm a writer. The reason I'm going through all these different genres is I'm trying to lay out a landscape for black male heroes. ”
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“ The reason I'm a writer is because I'm a writer. The reason I'm going through all these different genres is I'm trying to lay out a landscape for black male heroes. ”
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“ Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity. ”
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“ The reason I'm a writer is because I'm a writer. The reason I'm going through all these different genres is I'm trying to lay out a landscape for black male heroes. ”
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