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01Undated

Write a lot and hit the streets. A writer who doesn't keep up with what's out there ain't gonna be out there.

Toni Cade Bambara / quote

02Undated

Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.

Toni Cade Bambara / quote

03Undated

Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion.

Toni Cade Bambara / quote

04Undated

Not all speed is movement.

Toni Cade Bambara / quote

05Undated

The most effective way to do it is to do it.

Toni Cade Bambara / quote

06Undated

The dream is real my friends. The failure to realize it is the only reality.

Toni Cade Bambara / quote

07Undated

Our lives preserved. How it was and how it will be. Passing it along in the relay. That is what I work to do: to produce stories that save our lives.

Toni Cade Bambara / quote

08Undated

Reappraise the past reevaluate where we've been clarify where we are and predict or anticipate where we are headed.

Toni Cade Bambara / quote