25 Quotes by Toni Morrison That Will Inspire You to Write
She was not only a legend but a timeless treasure. Her work will inspire forever.
Toni Morrison (1931–2019) born on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio, and named Chole Anthony Wolford at birth.
Morrison was a highly acclaimed American novelist, book editor, essayist and college professor. Her writing focused on her perception of the black experience within black communities, specifically the black female experience.
In 1970 her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published, and in 1977, The Song of Solomon helped her gain national recognition when she won the National Books Critics Circle Award.
She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for her novel Beloved. She was the first African American woman awarded the coveted Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.
All writers have days when we need a little writing inspiration. It doesn’t matter if you’re writing a novel, website content, a blog post or a Facebook ad; we all experience times when the words won’t flow, and the little tricks we use to move us in the right direction aren’t working.
Those are the times when I need my comfort food.
