Home / Quotes / Quote by Walter Mosley

Quote by Walter Mosley

“The police and I have a deal. I don't talk to them and they don't listen to me.”

Quote by Walter Mosley

Book:Transgressions: Ten Novellas from Transgressions

Work

Transgressions: Ten Novellas from Transgressions

This book is a compilation of ten distinct novellas, each delving into the concept of transgression from diverse perspectives and narratives. more

Author

Walter Mosley is an American novelist, best known for his detective novel series featuring Easy Rawlins. His works blend literary value with social commentary, earning him a wide readership. more

You May Also Like

“A lot of people... kind of make heroes that are separate from us, people who are, you know, like... John Wayne and Errol Flynn and, you know, Denzel Washington... people who are different, who are larger than life.”

People Knows Kind Different Hero Wayne Larger Than Life Denzel

Author:Walter Mosley

“All of the philosophers I studied were white (with a few Eastern exceptions), and, for that matter, they were all male. Africa, the cradle of civilization, seemed to have no footing in the highest form of human thought.”

Humans Matter Form White Civilization Highest Males Philosopher Exception Eastern Cradle Human Thought

Book:What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace

Source: What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace

“All writing is that structure of revelation. There's something you want to find out. If you know everything up front in the beginning, you really don't need to read further if there's nothing else to find out.”

Ifs Knows Want Needs Writing Fronts Structure Revelations

Author:Walter Mosley

“At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published. You had to be great. Now you can be good. Mediocre. And that's good.”

Ifs World Black Be Good One Time Mediocre Bedtime

Author:Walter Mosley

“I don't ever know where I'm going. Because one of the wonderful things about writing, which is different than working in programming, you don't need to know. You could just write and discover where you're going. And it's a great deal of fun.”

Knows Needs Writing Different Fun Deals Wonderful Programming Wonderful Things

Author:Walter Mosley

“I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war.”

Writing Kind War Drudgery Cubicles

Author:Walter Mosley

“HBO and I have a deal to at least try to make a television series from the Leonid McGill stories. We're going to start with the first novel, 'The Long Fall'.”

Trying Firsts Long Stories Fall Deals Novel Television Series Hbo

Author:Walter Mosley

“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.”

Ifs World Has Beens Made Problem Father Black Views Ready Asking Racist Thinker Brainwashed Asking Why Problem Solvers Irrepressible Deep Thinker

Book:What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace

Source: What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace

“I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.”

Children Feelings Odd

Author:Walter Mosley

“Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity.”

Teach Metaphor Specificity Condensation

Author:Walter Mosley