Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrisonis an American novelist, editor, and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed characters. Among her best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, and Beloved...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 February 1931
CityLorain, OH
CountryUnited States of America
country war class
Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
dream
I dream a dream that dreams back at me
romantic-love ideas envy
Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another--physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurity, and ended in disillusion.
inspiring best-things
You are your best thing
views should-have people
I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other people's views of how I should have done it.
art african-american tolerance
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.
writing done world
Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it.
writing house type
I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
sympathy pain suffering
When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
country falling-in-love self
How soon country people forget. When they fall in love with a city it is forever, and it is like forever. As though there never was a time when they didn't love it. The minute they arrive at the train station or get off the ferry and glimpse the wide streets and the wasteful lamps lighting them, they know they are born for it. There, in a city, they are not so much new as themselves: their stronger, riskier selves.
inspirational country mean
In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
smile people annoyed
I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons.
funny witty fun
I like marriage. The idea.
writing thinking vision
I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.