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Jesmyn Ward Quotes

It's very hard to deal with true subject matter, especially when you're writing about such weighty issues.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american

Topics

Writing You True Matter Hard Deal

Sympathy relies on a common experience. If you're clumsy, you might have sympathy for others who tend to bump into things. Empathy, on the other hand, is the ability to understand another person's feelings even if you've never experienced them yourself.

Experience Yourself Empathy Sympathy

I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer; I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That's what my life was.

Life My Life Die Trying You Know

I like to read the paper online. And I love email. And I love nothing better than to be interrupted.

Love Better Nothing Email Paper

We all want to write the kind of book that we want to read. If you put in the things that you are thinking about and create characters who feel like they could live - at least for me, that's the way I want to write.

Live Me Book Thinking Feel You

Don't tell your stories to anyone. You'll be more motivated knowing it's a prerequisite to having an audience.

You More Knowing Audience Tell Your

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Work Hard Work Talent Table Salt

Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power.

Power Money Write Structure Please

I really want to do a dark character. Not really a bad guy, but someone dark and mysterious. Where everyone says, 'Ooh, it has to be her!' and at the end you find out it isn't. Just someone who looks guilty.

Character End Someone You Bad Dark

I think it's great for the women to show that they are women and be feminine. And that's something that I've always promoted.

Women Great Think Always Something

Don't skimp on the ice. Bags from the grocery store melt so fast and water down your drinks. I prefer beautiful, big squares for my cocktails.

Beautiful Water Ice Down Fast Big

The model of the U.S. economy is that we are the country that does new things.

New Things Country New Economy Model

The four of us couldn't have made a record with the time left over when we were shooting the show. We were on stage from 7.30 in the morning 'til 7 at night. Later on, when there was a break from filming, and we were sick of doing it the old way.

Morning Time Night Sick Doing Way

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