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Madison Smartt Bell Quotes

Haiti was founded by African slaves who rose against their European masters, had a revolution, and created a new state. There is no other such event in Western history Picture Quote #1

I have always had a mystical attitude toward inspiration. That’s my nature Picture Quote #1

Our cultural capital has changed tremendously on its way into the twenty-first century. Manhattan has been secured and sanitized; it’s smoke- and trans-fat-free. In the boroughs, many of the old jungles have been cleared as well Picture Quote #1

One can’t do anything alone in Haiti. Sharing and cooperation are so deeply woven into the culture that sometimes it’s hard to have a separate thought Picture Quote #1

I had been an abject fan of Robert Stone since the early eighties, when I borrowed a copy of ‘A Flag for Sunrise’ to read on a plane to Rome. I was twenty-something, with a first novel under my belt Picture Quote #1

The country is too often assumed to be a backward place: The First World has trouble remembering that Haitians were two centuries ahead of us in abolishing slavery and in extending full rights of citizenship to everyone, regardless of race Picture Quote #1

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Normally, most writers don’t say, ‘I’m going into a mild hypnotic trance.’ Typically, they don’t know how they do it. Most people, when they have a good experience writing, they’re well placed in that state, which is also sometimes called a ‘flow state.’ If you don’t have trouble, you don’t have to think about it Picture Quote #1

I have always had a mystical attitude toward inspiration. Thats my nature Picture Quote #1

Imaginative writing has always been a solitary and indeed a somewhat antisocial activity. Apprenticeship existed, no doubt, but it was an apprenticeship to books and not to living masters of the craft Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you don’t get but one mistake, if the one you pick is bad enough Picture Quote #1

To me, there is nothing more soothing than the song of a mosquito that can’t get through the mesh to bite you Picture Quote #1

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Haiti was founded by African slaves who rose against their European masters, had a revolution, and created a new state. There is no other such event in Western history (Madison Smartt Bell Quotes) I have always had a mystical attitude toward inspiration. That’s my nature. (Madison Smartt Bell Quotes) Our cultural capital has changed tremendously on its way into the twenty-first century. Manhattan has been secured and sanitized; it’s smoke- and trans-fat-free. In the boroughs, many of the old jungles have been cleared as well. (Madison Smartt Bell Quotes) One can’t do anything alone in Haiti. Sharing and cooperation are so deeply woven into the culture that sometimes it’s hard to have a separate thought. (Madison Smartt Bell Quotes) I had been an abject fan of Robert Stone since the early eighties, when I borrowed a copy of ‘A Flag for Sunrise’ to read on a plane to Rome. I was twenty-something, with a first novel under my belt. (Madison Smartt Bell Quotes) The country is too often assumed to be a backward place: The First World has trouble remembering that Haitians were two centuries ahead of us in abolishing slavery and in extending full rights of citizenship to everyone, regardless of race. (Madison Smartt Bell Quotes) Normally, most writers don’t say, ‘I’m going into a mild hypnotic trance.’ Typically, they don’t know how they do it. Most people, when they have a good experience writing, they’re well placed in that state, which is also sometimes called a ‘flow state.’ If you don’t have trouble, you don’t have to think about it. (Madison Smartt Bell Quotes) I have always had a mystical attitude toward inspiration. Thats my nature (Madison Smartt Bell Quotes) Imaginative writing has always been a solitary and indeed a somewhat antisocial activity. Apprenticeship existed, no doubt, but it was an apprenticeship to books and not to living masters of the craft (Madison Smartt Bell Quotes) Sometimes you don’t get but one mistake, if the one you pick is bad enough (Madison Smartt Bell Quotes) To me, there is nothing more soothing than the song of a mosquito that can’t get through the mesh to bite you (Madison Smartt Bell Quotes)