The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
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If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy.Ralph Ellison
I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
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The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.
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By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication.
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Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.
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It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.
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