Alone Quote by Martellus Bennett

I write to tell the truth about the black condition as I see it. Therefore, I write to offer a black woman's view of…

— Sonia Sanchez

“The voice of a Black woman should always be HERSELF ... No edits - no erasure - no pressure - no expectations - no…

— Malebo Sephodi

I didn't want to write a 'black' book because black characters are a tough sell.

— Christopher Priest

Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish to be.

— Jim Harrison

No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.

— Bell Hooks

“I believe it’s incredibly important to write against [racial] stereotypes. If we give in and make sure that all black women characters are asexual,…

— Justine Larbalestier

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.

— Anonymous

I'm not against White writers writing about Blacks as long as they are as objective as say James McPherson writing about an Irish American…

— Ishmael Reed

“I delved especially into black writers. Their analogies were relevant to my own experiences, and I understood them better for that.”

— Tepilit Ole Saitoti

“Are you kidding me?' Shan asked, slightly drunk, slightly dramatic, and now sitting yoga style on the floor. 'You can't write an honest novel…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I heard a white writer say, 'Oh, I'd never put black people in my writing, I'm afraid I would offend someone by doing it…

— Alice Mattison

It's not often that scripts come across our desks that are written so poetic and so honest from our perspective, as a black man…

— Rob Morgan