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Jesmyn Ward Quotes

American - Novelist | -

My time in New York really clarified things for me. I thought, 'What could I do with my life that would give it meaning?' And writing was that for me.

Life Time New York Me Writing New

One of the ways my first novel failed was that I was too in love with my characters.

Love First Novel Failed Characters

The ugly heart of the South still beats with this idea that one group of people is worth less.

Heart Ugly People Worth Group Idea

Faulkner's characters, too, were uneducated. They were deprived, but they were allowed to have very rich inner lives. I want to advocate for that, for inner lives that are much more complicated and more poetic than we think.

Rich Think Complicated Want More

With all the main characters that I write, it's always very important to me that they have good and bad aspects of their personality. It's important to me that they're complicated and that they're human.

Good Personality Me Bad Complicated

I don't really base any of my characters on specific people that I know, although my characters are informed by the kind of people who live in my community.

Live Community People Know Kind Who

As a reader, sometimes, I just want to not think. You know, I want to read something that is purely enjoyable: that is, like, escapist.

Think You Know Sometimes Want Just

As an artist, I feel a certain responsibility to write about difficult subject matter.

Responsibility Feel Artist Matter

One of the most important things that I want for my kids is I want them to live. You know, I want them to live to see 21 and beyond.

Live You Know Important Want Beyond

When I was a teenager, I was the only black girl at a small, private Episcopal school, where my tuition was paid by the family my mother worked for. It was hard being the only one, and I faced a fair amount of racist and classist bullying there.

Family Mother Girl Bullying School

In the past, I travelled with 'The Hero and the Crown' by Robin McKinley: I suffer from a fear of flying, and I felt a bit safer knowing I carried the book and characters with me.

Fear Hero Past Me Book Flying

Part of me is stuck in my childhood in the Eighties. I actually watch 'The Neverending Story,' 'Labyrinth,' and 'Legend' over and over again. Also, 'Willow' and 'The Goonies.'

Childhood Me Story Legend Over

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