"When I write, I tend to twist..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
When I write, I tend to twist my hair. Something for my small mind to do, I guess.
More by Maya Angelou
“The breezes of the West African night were intimate and shy, licking the hair, sweeping through cotton dresses with unseemly intimacy, then disappearing into the utter blackness.”
“People will never forget how you made them feel.”
“You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for”
More on Writing
“For in Calormen, story-telling (whether the stories are true or made up) is a thing you're taught, just as English boys and girls are taught essay-writing. The difference is that people want to hear the stories, whereas I never heard of anyone who wanted to read the essays.”
“My little notebooks were beginnings - they were the ground into which I dropped the seed... I would work in this way when I was out in the crowds, then put the stuff together at home.”
“Does fiction, artistic writing, have much of a future? I must say it's on the way out.”