“It is not enough to say you are sorry. You must utterly own the terrible thing you have done. You must cast no blame on the one you have injured. Rather, accept every molecule of the responsibility, even if reason… — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
Whatever we perceive as good in the world has always endured, and it always will. — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
I find that it takes a lot of years of living, and many more of reckoning, to come up with one worthwhile paragraph. And… — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
Listening to others does not mean you should sound like them; find your own voice by telling stories as authentically as possible. — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
If you tell stories you love, you will never tell them with indifference - take it to the bank. — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
Because there is no nation so powerful it cannot be wounded, nor a people so small they cannot offer mighty comfort. — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
“It is not enough to say you are sorry. You must utterly own the terrible thing you have done. You must cast no blame… — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
The hardest part is making the time to write. Not finding the time to write, mind you. Making. — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
I have been ineluctably drawn to libraries ever since I entered that sanctum sanctorum. It was a place of quietude. In a world where… — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
Listen to great storytellers; slowly, you will learn about voice, timing, tension, structure, climax - all the things you need to tell stories that… — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
There are constant cycles in history. There is loss, but it is always followed by regeneration. The tales of our elders who remember such… — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
If one mouse is a spark...then ten thousand are a conflagration. — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
Read, read, read. Read good books. You will strengthen your understanding of story. Your vocabulary will be the richer for it. — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
I cannot always write at the same time, in the same place. I work, travel and have a vigorous family life. If I'm stranded… — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
You're more likely to finish a book you enjoy, than one that feels like literary drudgery. — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
I began telling stories as a volunteer in my daughters' school. But I grew up hearing stories from Cuban and Southern storytellers, and I… — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
