“I really, deeply believe in the primacy of character. I believe that my job as a writer is to put a believable human being on a page.” BelieveHumansCharacterJobsI BelieveHuman BeingsPagesBelievableReally DeepPrimacy Author:Ayana Mathis
“There were class differences among black people then and there are class differences among black people now. There is still an assumption among many people in American society that being black is its own class, a blanket class. That, I believe, is an erroneous and deeply offensive view.” PeopleBelieveI BelieveBlackAssumptionBlack PeopleOffensiveBlanket Author:Ayana Mathis
“My book has a pre - civil rights setting with a post - civil rights sensibility. I believe less and less that there is something called "The Black Experience," though undoubtedly there was one once.” BelieveBookI BelieveBlackCivil RightsSensibility Author:Ayana Mathis