Writers get to Work

The Freedom and Responsibility of the Writing Life

Toni Morrison quote:

Toni Morrison

"This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”

I’ve come across this quote by Toni Morrison for the last two decades, at least, and I think I finally unde…