Logo
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

Other quotes by James Baldwin
Other Quotes from
Authors & Writing
category

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

Category:
Authors & Writing

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted. – W. H. Auden

Category:
Authors & Writing

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. – W. H. Auden

Category:
Authors & Writing

A professional writer is an amateur who didnt quit. – Richard Bach

Category:
Authors & Writing

Random Quotes

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully. – Graham Greene

Category:
Alcohol

Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo. – Harold Pinter

Category:
Government

Oh who can tell the range of joy or set the bounds of beauty? – Sara Teasdale

Category:
Beauty

Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals. – Finley Peter Dunne

Category:
Food