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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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.

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I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other people's views of how I should have done it.

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If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.

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Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it.

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She is a friend of my mind... The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.

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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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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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I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can't do anything anyway.

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For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event.

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