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Quote by James Baldwin
The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of th

The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him. – James Baldwin

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We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours. – James Baldwin

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I love America more than any other country in this world; and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. – James Baldwin

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To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research. – Anon.

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Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders. – Walter Bagehot

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It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane. – Margaret Anderson

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Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written. – Anon.

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