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
knows
I always know the ending; that's where I start.
order giving pieces
A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
art artist form
Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
dream alive world
...she needed to confirm its presence. Like the keeper of the lighthouse and the prisoner, she regarded it as a mooring, a checkpoint, some stable visual object that assured her that the world was still there; that this was like and not a dream. That she was alive somewhere, inside, which she acknowledged to be true only because a thing she knew intimately was out there, outside of herself.
writing waiting trying
Wait, wait, wait, wait. Don't try to write through it, to force it. Many do, but that won't work. Just wait, it will come.
inspirational graduation mean
You are your own stories and therefore free to imagine and experience what it means to be human.... And although you don't have complete control over the narrative (no author does, I can tell you), you could nevertheless create it.
way world want
What's the world for you if you can't make it up the way you want it?
sweet writing thinking
Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
communication may meaning-of-life
We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
laughter tears serious
Laughter is more serious than tears.
writing giving said
One has to work very carefully with what is in between the words. What is not said. Which is measure, which is rhythm and so on. So, it is what you don't write that frequently gives what you do write its power.
insanity world sudden-change
So this is what insanity is. Not goofy behavior, but watching a sudden change in the world you used to know.
nature memories reality
All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
loneliness lying color
She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.