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Walter Mosley Quotes: "My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Captain America,' Marvel Comics. He was really the basis for Marvel Comics."

My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Captain America,' Marvel Comics. He was really the basis for Marvel Comics.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting."

A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.




Walter Mosley Quotes: "Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good."

Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him"

A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him




Walter Mosley Quotes: "The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind."

The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family."

Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war."

I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war.




Walter Mosley Quotes: "The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures."

The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day... You don't go to a well once but daily. You don't skip a child's breakfast or forget to wake up in the morning."

If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day... You don't go to a well once but daily. You don't skip a child's breakfast or forget to wake up in the morning.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others."

Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "The job of the writer is to take a close and uncomfortable look at the world they inhabit, the world we all inhabit, and the job of the novel is to make the corpse stink."

The job of the writer is to take a close and uncomfortable look at the world they inhabit, the world we all inhabit, and the job of the novel is to make the corpse stink.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "Black men of our day were never told, The sky's the limit. ... We could aspire to Joe Louis but never Henry Ford."

Black men of our day were never told, The sky's the limit. ... We could aspire to Joe Louis but never Henry Ford.




Walter Mosley Quotes: "We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky."

We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "Writing is almost a place of dreams for me, and I don't have to give up anything to do it."

Writing is almost a place of dreams for me, and I don't have to give up anything to do it.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "I think of writers as explorers, not necessarily as detectives. So there is certainly detecting that is going on - they're explorers."

I think of writers as explorers, not necessarily as detectives. So there is certainly detecting that is going on - they're explorers.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "I'm writing, I'm using language, I'm using that language to tell stories and even more so to get ideas across. And I just love that, and I've always loved that."

I'm writing, I'm using language, I'm using that language to tell stories and even more so to get ideas across. And I just love that, and I've always loved that.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "I believe that a writer has to tell what they think is the truth in a human experience. The truth of the human experience cannot escape the political."

I believe that a writer has to tell what they think is the truth in a human experience. The truth of the human experience cannot escape the political.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "There's a resistance for people to talk about things that make them feel guilty. When natural disasters happen, it's easier not to feel guilty about it."

There's a resistance for people to talk about things that make them feel guilty. When natural disasters happen, it's easier not to feel guilty about it.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "There are as many kinds of love as there are flowers and bugs put together but men and women and their needs are all the same."

There are as many kinds of love as there are flowers and bugs put together but men and women and their needs are all the same.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "The older you get the more you live in the past"

The older you get the more you live in the past



Walter Mosley Quotes: "We born dyin'...But you ask a man an' he talk like he gonna live forevah."

We born dyin'...But you ask a man an' he talk like he gonna live forevah.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "The fear in my heart was like in one of those dreams where you try to run but you can't do it, you can't run because the fear is an anchor in your chest."

The fear in my heart was like in one of those dreams where you try to run but you can't do it, you can't run because the fear is an anchor in your chest.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published. You had to be great. Now you can be good. Mediocre. And that's good."

At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published. You had to be great. Now you can be good. Mediocre. And that's good.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "I like to read either in motion or in water... I am happiest reading in the bathtub."

I like to read either in motion or in water... I am happiest reading in the bathtub.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children."

I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "HBO and I have a deal to at least try to make a television series from the Leonid McGill stories. We're going to start with the first novel, 'The Long Fall'."

HBO and I have a deal to at least try to make a television series from the Leonid McGill stories. We're going to start with the first novel, 'The Long Fall'.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "Purely the idea of writing a lot of books doesn't make you a great writer, but it might be that the process of doing a lot of writing will make you a much better writer."

Purely the idea of writing a lot of books doesn't make you a great writer, but it might be that the process of doing a lot of writing will make you a much better writer.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "I laugh, that there's a certain kind of cyclical nature to life and that I don't have to worry because whatever isn't there right now, it's coming back again."

I laugh, that there's a certain kind of cyclical nature to life and that I don't have to worry because whatever isn't there right now, it's coming back again.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "My father cared about the world he lived in, and so he admitted his confusion about his place in America because he didn't want me to make the same mistake in my life."

My father cared about the world he lived in, and so he admitted his confusion about his place in America because he didn't want me to make the same mistake in my life.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "I have never thought that I have sacrificed anything being a writer. That might not be true, maybe I have sacrificed something. Maybe I've given something up, but I can't think of it."

I have never thought that I have sacrificed anything being a writer. That might not be true, maybe I have sacrificed something. Maybe I've given something up, but I can't think of it.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "The idea of being productive, the idea of producing many books is going to lead you toward you becoming a better and better writer."

The idea of being productive, the idea of producing many books is going to lead you toward you becoming a better and better writer.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "Mouse was the truest friend I ever had. And if there is such a thing as true evil, he was that too."

Mouse was the truest friend I ever had. And if there is such a thing as true evil, he was that too.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "My job is writing for people to enjoy and then writing about a broader and a deeper world."

My job is writing for people to enjoy and then writing about a broader and a deeper world.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "All great popular literature today one day will be seen as great literature and will no longer be seen as popular literature."

All great popular literature today one day will be seen as great literature and will no longer be seen as popular literature.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "I think that computer programming shows in my writing. Often when I write about computer programmers I'll write about the way that they see the world and they structure the world."

I think that computer programming shows in my writing. Often when I write about computer programmers I'll write about the way that they see the world and they structure the world.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "Your book grows. The early part of your book is growing still while you are writing the later part of your book."

Your book grows. The early part of your book is growing still while you are writing the later part of your book.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "Comic books were telling me what life was about. This was how I kind of entered life, through fiction."

Comic books were telling me what life was about. This was how I kind of entered life, through fiction.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "The police and I have a deal. I don't talk to them and they don't listen to me."

The police and I have a deal. I don't talk to them and they don't listen to me.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "Chirren [children] is the most dangerous creatures on the earth, with the exception of young girls between the ages of fifteen and forty-two."

Chirren [children] is the most dangerous creatures on the earth, with the exception of young girls between the ages of fifteen and forty-two.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "Better to listen to the gospel than to a mortal leader."

Better to listen to the gospel than to a mortal leader.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "Rest easy and go with the faith you lived with"

Rest easy and go with the faith you lived with



Walter Mosley Quotes: "Lawyer even sounds like liar."

Lawyer even sounds like liar.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "Love makes you blind to your own survival. And if it doesn't then it's not love at all."

Love makes you blind to your own survival. And if it doesn't then it's not love at all.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "I'm just a survivor from the train wreck of the modern world."

I'm just a survivor from the train wreck of the modern world.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things."

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day... You don't go to a well once but daily. You don't skip a child's breakfast or forget to wake up in the morning..."

If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day... You don't go to a well once but daily. You don't skip a child's breakfast or forget to wake up in the morning...



Walter Mosley Quotes: "I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.” – Associated Press interview, 12-7-11"

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.” – Associated Press interview, 12-7-11



Walter Mosley Quotes: "Chirren is the most dangerous creatures on the earth, with the exception of young girls between the ages of fifteen and forty-two."

Chirren is the most dangerous creatures on the earth, with the exception of young girls between the ages of fifteen and forty-two.



Walter Mosley Quotes: "A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him."

A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him.