"I look at some of the great novelists,……" — Maya Angelou

I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the… - Maya Angelou

"I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they're telling the truth. The fact is they're using made-up names, made-up people, made-up places, and made-up times, but they're telling the truth about the human being- what we are capable of, what makes us lose, laugh, weep, fall down, and gnash our teeth and wring our hands and kill each other and love each other."

— Maya Angelou

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