Quotes by Baldwin, James

We take our shape, it is true, within and against that cage of reality >>

The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the pe >>

Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's belie >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of >>

There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you were >>

Do we write books so that they shall merely be read? Don't we also wri >>

When the book comes out it may hurt you -- but in order for me to do it, it had to hurt me first. I can only tell you about yourself as much as I can face about myself.

Baldwin, James