Quote by Ralph Ellison
By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of

By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication. – Ralph Ellison

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Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values. – Ralph Ellison

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I am an invisible man…. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids – and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. – Ralph Ellison

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To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well. – John Marshall

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No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone elses draft. – H. G. Wells

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It is not so much the content of what one says as the way in which one says it. However important the thing you say, whats the good of it if not heard or, being heard, not felt. – Sylvia Ashton-Warner

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The need to write comes from the need to make sense of ones life and discover ones usefulness. – John Cheever

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Liars need to have good memories. – Algernon Sidney

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If theres specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I cant change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies. – Kathryn Bigelow

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