The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.
Ralph Ellison
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- 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.
- Education is all a matter of building bridges.
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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.