"I you're writing memoir, but it even comes up in fiction. People just assume that you're writing thinly veiled autobiography. And particularly, I think, for people of color, our work is always seen as kind of anthropological artifact regardless. So, there's always going to be that assumption, but even more so in a memoir because often the names aren't even changed. It is easier to verify."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Faith Adiele

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“If being tolerant of differing opinions, if believing that America has to make it as a pluralistic nation, if being civil, if that makes you a liberal, I plead guilty.”
“When I finally went to school I had to adjust to other girls and learn their fiendish ways. Having learnt them, I turned them on all and sundry.”
“I don't want to live up to how people expect me to be.”

Source : "This One Direction interview got us death threats". Interview with Jonathan Heaf, www.gq-magazine.co.uk. August 24, 2015.
“May your eyes be always open May your hearts overflow That which enchants will also protect --- May this you always know.”

Source : Ted Andrews (2012). “Enchantment of the Faerie Realm: Communicate with Nature Spirits & Elementals”, p.205, Llewellyn Worldwide
“Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography.”
“I'm not one of those writers that sits worrying about posthumous fame.”
“He who wins a thousand common hearts is entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero.”
“Nursing is a kind of mania; a fever in the blood; an incurable disease .....”

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