“We're all surrounded by what I call faux language, fake language of commerce, of news media.” Quote by Toni Morrison
“If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.” IfsWorldEndsHelpingEarthPoliticsPeaceDifferencesHistorySafeDiversitySafetyToleranceVarietyEnd Of The WorldCommon InterestsEquality For AllUs PresidentialInspirational DiversityProfiles In CourageGreat DiversityHuman DiversityCuban Missile CrisisTolerance And Diversity Author:John F. Kennedy
“Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don't feel safe.” FeelsWritingSometimesSafePages Author:Toni Morrison
“Evil is so seductive. It needs to grind you up and make you its slave.” NeedsEvilSlaveGrindSeductive Author:Toni Morrison
“The Administration of the United States is such dread I almost feel paralyzed.” FeelsStatesUnitedUnited StatesAdministrationDreadParalyzed Author:Toni Morrison
“I'm a writer in the world. I translate the confusion that I might feel, the dread that I know I feel, moving towards some other place, moving away from puny language, from all that dread into some other kind of language.” KnowsWorldFeelsKindMightMovingLanguageConfusionDreadTranslateMoving Away Author:Toni Morrison
“I think there's data, and then there's information that comes from data, and then there's knowledge that comes from information. And then, after knowledge, there is wisdom. I am interested in how to get from data to wisdom.” ThinkingInformationData Author:Toni Morrison
“Some literature is knowledge, some is just data. But if I can get a "happy" ending - which is when for the characters I'm writing about, something happens that they move from wherever they are in the beginning to knowledge or wisdom, they know something they never would have acknowledged or realized if it hadn't been for my book - that for me is what literature does.” IfsKnowsWritingDoeI CanBookCharacterHappensMovingLiteratureThings HappenDataHappy Endings Author:Toni Morrison
“Evil is not interesting. What is it, chopping off someone's head? We used to do that as kids, you know, you tear up paper dolls and stuff. I know everyone's done it in the history of the world, but maybe everybody was dumb and they were just looking for something interesting to do. What's really interesting and hard is being good.” KnowsWorldHardDoneKidsUsedEvilStuffInterestingTearsPaperBe GoodDumbWorld HistoryDollsReally InterestingSomething InterestingChopping Author:Toni Morrison