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Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. ... Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them.
Edwidge Danticat
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Edwidge Danticat
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 19
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I was able to not fold and go in a corner because I had my writing as therapy, but also as my tool for struggle.
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Whole interaction between the storyteller and the listeners had a very powerful influence on me.
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And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934.
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When you write ,it's like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring then unity.
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When you are working on something, you have to believe that people will still be reading when you're done!
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I can't wait for both my daughters to be old enough to read all my books. I loved it every time I saw my parents acting like more than just my parents. And I'm looking forward to that with my daughters too. I am looking forward to having them discover me as someone completely other than their mother.
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The more practice you have, the less stressful writing is.
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Once you're involved in the work, it's really just you and the characters and the words.
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I think it is important to reach people through arts and literature, because then you establish a connection that's not an instant crisis.
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No one will love you more than you love your pain.
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We've had fiction from the time of cave drawings. I think fiction, storytelling, and narrative in general will always exist in some form.
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