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John Edgar Wideman Quotes

To be a survivor as an African American man - maybe any man - you have to be pretty tough. Or at least that’s what we all understand Picture Quote #1

That’s the beauty and the terror of being human beings: We just have these symbolic languages, these dreams, and that’s all it ever is Picture Quote #1

I had a deep prejudice against the South. It’s taken me many years to get over that, be more open and thoughtful Picture Quote #1

Hell, I’m going to play pro basketball. I’m going to maybe be famous. I’m going to write books Picture Quote #1

I really dislike it when people talk about experimental, because any good writer is experimental Picture Quote #1

Do not fall asleep in your enemy’s dream Picture Quote #1

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One of the earliest lessons I learned as a child was that if you looked away from something, it might not be there when you looked back Picture Quote #1

When it’s played the way is supposed to be played, basketball happens in the air; flying, floating, elevated above the floor, levitating the way oppressed peoples of this earth imagine themselves in their dreams Picture Quote #1

Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up Picture Quote #1

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To be a survivor as an African American man - maybe any man - you have to be pretty tough. Or at least that’s what we all understand. (John Edgar Wideman Quotes) That’s the beauty and the terror of being human beings: We just have these symbolic languages, these dreams, and that’s all it ever is. (John Edgar Wideman Quotes) I had a deep prejudice against the South. It’s taken me many years to get over that, be more open and thoughtful. (John Edgar Wideman Quotes) Hell, I’m going to play pro basketball. I’m going to maybe be famous. I’m going to write books. (John Edgar Wideman Quotes) I really dislike it when people talk about experimental, because any good writer is experimental (John Edgar Wideman Quotes) Do not fall asleep in your enemy’s dream (John Edgar Wideman Quotes) One of the earliest lessons I learned as a child was that if you looked away from something, it might not be there when you looked back (John Edgar Wideman Quotes) When it’s played the way is supposed to be played, basketball happens in the air; flying, floating, elevated above the floor, levitating the way oppressed peoples of this earth imagine themselves in their dreams (John Edgar Wideman Quotes) Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up (John Edgar Wideman Quotes)