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Tell Quotes by Toni Morrison
- Tell us what it is to be a woman so that we may know what it is to be a man. What moves at the…
- I don't want you to write about what you know, because you don't know anything. I don't want to hear about your boyfriend or your…
- Listen up. Let me tell you something. A man ain’t a goddamn ax. Chopping, hacking, busting every goddamn minute of the day. Things get to…
- You are your own stories and therefore free to imagine and experience what it means to be human.... And although you don't have complete control…
- I tell my students there is such a thing as 'writer's block,' and they should respect it. You shouldn't write through it. It's blocked because…
- Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.
- I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that…
- Where do you get the right to decide our lives? I'll tell you where. From that little hog's gut that hangs between your legs. Well,…
- At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. No record…
- Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in…
- People say to write about what you know. I'm here to tell you, no one wants to read that, cos you don't know anything. So…
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