"I like straightforward names for my characters. When I get too symbolic with names or places, I start feeling like the characters and the story are less read, and I lose interest."

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Source : "Tayari Jones Knows Why She Sings". Interview with Ru Freeman, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 09, 2012.

Tayari Jones

#Character Quotes #Names Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“You can't inspire people if you are going to be uninspiring.”
“If you're going to hit a car, try to be sure that it's not a cop car”
“I often say that Arizonans should decide what's best for Arizona.”
“The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?”
“I am a worker, a tombstone mason, anxious to pleace averyburies and jully glad when Christmas comes his once ayear.”
“Some folks think life and technology and mind can keep expanding forever. Others say it can't. We are still not clear on that.”
“If I ever loved a man better than I love my art, I should marry him and leave the stage. But I have never met such a man.”
“It may sound strange, but many champions are made champions by setback. They are champions because they've been hurt. Their experience moved them, and they pulled out this fighting spirit, making them what they are. Sometimes in life, God gives us a difficulty in order to bring out the fighting spirit. Everything that happens to you can happen for good if you have this spirit. The essential thing in life is not in the conquering, but in the fight.”

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