American - Writer | February 12, 1963 -
I read a lot of the books that I love again and again and again and try to understand how the writer did it.
Jacqueline Woodson
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I still love Carson McCullers and Raymond Carver and Toni Morrison and James Baldwin.
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I can't write about nice, easy topics because that won't change the world. And I do want to change the world - one reader at a time.
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Each book I write is a shout into the silence and a prayer and a plea for change.
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I think that's important: to know 'the other,' as a means of coming to understanding.
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In the daytime, I was expected to be the straight-A student. I was expected to be college bound. I was expected to be a great big sister. And then at night, I was just a club kid.
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I didn't have any idea of what I was getting into by going away to college. And I was scared. I was scared of failing. I was scared of it not being for me because I was going to be one of the first people in my family to go off to college.
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I always say I write because I have questions, not because I have answers. It's true that you begin the conversation - that's the role of the artist. But it's not my job to tell us what to do next. I wish I had those tools.
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People who are living in economic struggle are more than their circumstances. They're majestic and creative and beautiful.
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I'm usually working on several things at once. If I get bored with one, I can go on to another. That way, I never get stuck.
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My family is big, complicated, and beautiful - and keeps me smiling and whole. It's so important to have family, whether it's biological family, good friends, foster families, or a group of aunties who are raising you. The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking.
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My writing is inspired by where I come from, where I am today, and where I hope to go some day.
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