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
love-is divine difficult
Love is divine only and difficult always.
world shapes
We never shape the world . . . the world shapes us.
cities people black
There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people.
gun world problem
Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems with guns. It's truly unbelievable.
intellectual paradise topics
It's been mentioned or suggested that Paradise will not be well studied, because it's about this unimportant intellectual topic, which is religion.
country media people
For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event.
peace ties diversity
If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression.
color europe becoming
In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant is contempt for me-it's nothing else but color.
country believe white
A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They behave like white people rather than Jewish people.
inspiring mothers-day pregnancy
I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That's what we're upset about.
native-american enjoy native
Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.
moon sky choices
You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say?
pain book insulting
The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book.
world whole-world whole
I thought the whole world was like Lorain.