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
self tests strange
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
friendship beautiful real-friends
The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
responsibility hands bird
I don't know whether the bird you are holding is dead or alive, but what I do know is that it is in your hands. It is in your hands.
writing ideas answers
I always start out with an idea, even a boring idea, that becomes a question I don't have answers to.
writing firsts novel
I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
passion skills enough
Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
pain writing imagination
The writing is - I'm free from pain. It's the place where I live; it's where I have control; it's where nobody tells me what to do; it's where my imagination is fecund and I am really at my best. Nothing matters more in the world or in my body or anywhere when I'm writing.
thinking diversity mind
The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
beloved difficult refuge
There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
inspiring goes-on angry
I get angry about things, then go on and work.
inspirational women differences
Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
inspirational dream thinking
As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
broken-heart running men
I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man.
racism people gone
Racism will disappear when it's no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it'll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.