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The only black people you found were occasional characters or characters who were so feeble-witted that they couldn't manage anything, anyway. I wrote myself in, since I'm me and I'm here and I'm writing.

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When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.
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He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying.
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Most of us don't have to worry about being shot of we poke our noses outside. So we are comfortable, but the people I'm writing about are definitely not comfortable, and being shot while they're still inside is a good possibility.
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To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.
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People who want to write either do it or they don't. At last I began to say that my most important talent - or habit - was persistence. Without it, I would have given up writing long before I finished my first novel. It's amazing what we can do if we simply refuse to give up.
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I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time.
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Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or classes - a workshop is where you do actually get feedback on your work, not just something where you go and sit for a day.
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I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.
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