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I think of writers as explorers, not necessarily as detectives. So there is certainly detecting that is going on - they're explorers.

Walter Mosley

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Walter Mosley
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 12
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Walter Ellis Mosley
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Black men of our day were never told, The sky's the limit. ... We could aspire to Joe Louis but never Henry Ford.
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I would have been completely brainwashed by this lopsided and racist view of the world if it weren't for my father. He was a deep thinker and an irrepressible problem solver. He was a Black Socrates, asking why and then spoiling ready-made replies.
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The police and I have a deal. I don't talk to them and they don't listen to me.
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I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.
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