didn’t have a way of thinking about it, which is what writing is for me. It’s control. Nobody tells me what to do. It’s mine, it’s free, and it’s a way of thinking. It’s pure knowledge,” Morrison said.
Here are some of her quotes:
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison
“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
― Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
“Anger … it’s a paralyzing emotion … you can’t get anything done. People sort of think it’s an interesting, passionate, and igniting feeling — I don’t think it’s any of that — it’s helpless … it’s absence of control — and I need all of my skills, all of the control, all of my powers … and anger doesn’t provide any of that — I have no use for it whatsoever.”
– Toni Morrison