Quotes by Morrison, Toni

There is really nothing more to say except why. But since why is diffi >>

Of course I'm a black writer. I'm not just a black writer, but categor >>

How soon country people forget. When they fall in love with a city it >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

Writing is simple. First you have to make sure you have plenty of pape >>

This is something that I cannot get over -- that a whole line could be >>

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for t >>

Of course I'm a black writer. I'm not just a black writer, but categories like black writer, woman writer and Latin American writer aren't marginal anymore. We have to acknowledge that the thing we call literature is more pluralistic now, just as society ought to be. The melting pot never worked. We ought to be able to accept on equal terms everybody from the Hasidim to Walter Lippmann, from the Rastafarians to Ralph Bunche.

Morrison, Toni