The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an immediate knowledge of its ugly side. – James Baldwin
The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid the state of being alone. – James Baldwin
There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention. – James Baldwin
Experience that destroys innocents also leads one back to it. – James Baldwin