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Walter Mosley Quotes

I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things Picture Quote #1

My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo Picture Quote #1

The process of writing a novel is like taking a journey by boat. You have to continually set yourself on course. If you get distracted or allow yourself to drift, you will never make it to the destination. It’s not like highly defined train tracks or a highway; this is a path that you are creating discovering. The journey is your narrative. Keep to it and there will be a tale told Picture Quote #1

These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words have been translated into ideas and dreams. That’s because a good short story crosses the borders of our nations and our prejudices and our beliefs. A good short story asks a question that can’t be answered in simple terms. And even if we come up with some understanding, years later, while glancing out of a window, the story still has the potential to return, to alter right there in our mind and change everything Picture Quote #1

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The job of the writer is to take a close and uncomfortable look at the world they inhabit, the world we all inhabit, and the job of the novel is to make the corpse stink Picture Quote #1

The police and I have a deal. I don't talk to them and they don't listen to me Picture Quote #1

When you deal with a person who's experiencing dementia, you can see where they're struggling with knowledge. You can see what they forget completely, what they forget but they know what they once knew. You can tell how they're trying to remember Picture Quote #1

We live in capitalism, and capitalism is defined by the production line, and the production line is defined by specificity. If you see yourself as an artist, which I do, then you can't be limited by that. You can't let somebody tell you, 'Well, you can only draw this kind of picture or write that kind of book Picture Quote #1

There's many things that I am. and all of those things come together at some point. If somebody wants to limit me, you know and they'll say, 'Well, this is Walter Mosley, the mystery writer.' I don't like that. Because I do many things Picture Quote #1

My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man, ' 'Fantastic Four, ' 'Captain America, ' Marvel Comics. He was really the basis for Marvel Comics Picture Quote #1

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My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 years old, which he always said was the worst experience in his life. When he was 8, his father disappeared and he was on his own from the age of 8 Picture Quote #1

That’s how powerful you are, girl... You pretty, but pretty alone is not what people see. You the kinda pretty, the kinda beauty, that’s like a mirror. Men and women see themselves in you, only now they so beautiful that they can’t bear to see you go Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I think that people don't know how to do anything anymore. My father was a janitor. He could take a car apart and put it back together. He could build a house in the back yard. Today, if you ask people what they know, they say, 'I know how to hire someone.' Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war Picture Quote #1

When you get old you begin to understand that no one talks unless someone listens, and no one knows nuthin' less somebody else can understand Picture Quote #1

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I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children (Walter Mosley Quotes) 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 (Walter Mosley Quotes) I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things (Walter Mosley Quotes) My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo (Walter Mosley Quotes) The process of writing a novel is like taking a journey by boat. You have to continually set yourself on course. If you get distracted or allow yourself to drift, you will never make it to the destination. It’s not like highly defined train tracks or a highway; this is a path that you are creating discovering. The journey is your narrative. Keep to it and there will be a tale told (Walter Mosley Quotes) These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words have been translated into ideas and dreams. That’s because a good short story crosses the borders of our nations and our prejudices and our beliefs. A good short story asks a question that can’t be answered in simple terms. And even if we come up with some understanding, years later, while glancing out of a window, the story still has the potential to return, to alter right there in our mind and change everything (Walter Mosley Quotes) The job of the writer is to take a close and uncomfortable look at the world they inhabit, the world we all inhabit, and the job of the novel is to make the corpse stink (Walter Mosley Quotes) The police and I have a deal. I don't talk to them and they don't listen to me (Walter Mosley Quotes) When you deal with a person who's experiencing dementia, you can see where they're struggling with knowledge. You can see what they forget completely, what they forget but they know what they once knew. You can tell how they're trying to remember (Walter Mosley Quotes) We live in capitalism, and capitalism is defined by the production line, and the production line is defined by specificity. If you see yourself as an artist, which I do, then you can't be limited by that. You can't let somebody tell you, 'Well, you can only draw this kind of picture or write that kind of book (Walter Mosley Quotes) There's many things that I am. and all of those things come together at some point. If somebody wants to limit me, you know and they'll say, 'Well, this is Walter Mosley, the mystery writer.' I don't like that. Because I do many things (Walter Mosley Quotes) My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man, ' 'Fantastic Four, ' 'Captain America, ' Marvel Comics. He was really the basis for Marvel Comics (Walter Mosley Quotes) My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 years old, which he always said was the worst experience in his life. When he was 8, his father disappeared and he was on his own from the age of 8 (Walter Mosley Quotes) That’s how powerful you are, girl... You pretty, but pretty alone is not what people see. You the kinda pretty, the kinda beauty, that’s like a mirror. Men and women see themselves in you, only now they so beautiful that they can’t bear to see you go (Walter Mosley Quotes) 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 (Walter Mosley Quotes) I think that people don't know how to do anything anymore. My father was a janitor. He could take a car apart and put it back together. He could build a house in the back yard. Today, if you ask people what they know, they say, 'I know how to hire someone.' (Walter Mosley Quotes) 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 (Walter Mosley Quotes) 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 (Walter Mosley Quotes) 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 (Walter Mosley Quotes) 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 (Walter Mosley Quotes) I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war (Walter Mosley Quotes) When you get old you begin to understand that no one talks unless someone listens, and no one knows nuthin' less somebody else can understand (Walter Mosley Quotes)

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