Bebe Moore Campbell
Bebe Moore Campbell
Bebe Moore Campbell, was an American author, journalist and teacher. Campbell was the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me, which was also a Los Angeles Times "Best Book of 2001". Her other works include the novel Your Blues Ain't Like Mine, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and the winner of the NAACP Image Award for Literature; her memoir, Sweet Summer:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth18 February 1950
CountryUnited States of America
Forgiveness is the key to the recovery of the soul.
I would get up at 3 in the morning and write. Or sometimes I would write at midnight. Or I would write when my child napped. It wasn't a burden. I was so enthused about what I was doing at the time that I really didn't mind.
I had an agent who spent eight years - eight years! - trying to sell my stories. She sold other people's work; she just didn't sell mine.
I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the journey.
To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
Discipline is the servant of inspiration.
Knowing who you are begins in the mind.
African Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.
The music was as much a gift as sunshine, as rain, as any blessing ever prayed for.
People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as having yet another deficit.
Race, redemption and healing - thats my thing.
My color is my joy and not my burden...
You live your life between your ears.
When we finally stop asking America to love us and begin to love ourselves, we will prosper as a people.