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“Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow.”

Ernest Gaines

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I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.

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Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

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"What for?" I said. "What for, Tante Lou? He treated me the same way he treated her. He wants me to feel guilty, just…

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I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

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I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.

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When I'm sitting in the church alone, I can hear singing of the old people. I can hear their singing and I can hear…

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Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.

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And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional.

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