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

Toni Cade Bambara
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  1. 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.

  2. Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.

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

  4. Not all speed is movement.

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

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