“If Mumia Abu-Jamal has nothing important to say, why are so many powerful people trying to shut him up?” PeopleIfsTryingImportantPowerful Author:John Edgar Wideman
“As a reader, I do not like to have everything handed to me. Because after a while it gets formulaic and I'm thinking, "If this is so thought through, then why do I need to read it. It's done!" It becomes a beach book at a certain point.” IfsThinkingNeedsBookDoneCertainReaderBeach Author:John Edgar Wideman
“We're dreamers and - since we only have one life, and if we screw up we can get in a world of trouble - we're very intense dreamers.” IfsWorldTroubleIntenseDreamerScrewsScrew Ups Author:John Edgar Wideman
“If I had only a negative side of things to present, I think I would have much less of a drive to do it. Because what would be the point?” IfsThinkingWould BeSidesNegative Author:John Edgar Wideman
“One of the earliest lessons I learned as a child was that if you looked away from something, it might not be there when you looked back.” IfsChildrenMightLessons Book:Conversations with John Edgar Wideman Source: Conversations with John Edgar Wideman
