"When I'm writing, I am trying to..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
When I'm writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness.
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More on Writing
“Just get the right syllable in the proper place.”
“A novel is a work of poetry. In order to write it, one must have tranquility of spirit and of impression.”
“. . . Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded. . . .”
More on Self Discovery
“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.”
“Where there is a way or path, it is someone else's. Each of us has to find his own way.”
“I did what most writers do at their beginnings: emulated my elders, imitated my peers, thus turning away from any possibility of discovering truths beneath my skin and behind my eye.”