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
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.
brother kids hatred
One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to.
block writing students
I tell my students there is such a thing as 'writer's block,' and they should respect it. You shouldn't write through it. It's blocked because it ought to be blocked, because you haven't got it right now.
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.
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.
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.
passion skills enough
Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
black limits violence
Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
commitment justice not-good-enough
Please don't settle for happiness. It's not good enough. Of course you deserve it, but if that's all you have in mind - happiness - I want to suggest to you that personal success devoid of meaningfulness, free of a steady commitment to social justice - that's more than a barren life. It's a trivial one.
laughter tears serious
Laughter is more serious than tears.
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.
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.