I resent people who say writers write from experience. Writers don't write from experience, though many are hesitant to admit that they don't. I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.


Black Women Writers at Work (1983)

Nikki Giovanni Quotes

I resent people who say writers write from experience. Writers don't write from experience, though many are hesitant to admit that they don't. I want ...

I resent people who say writers write from experience. Writers don't write from experience, though many are hesitant to admit that they don't. I want ...

I resent people who say writers write from experience. Writers don't write from experience, though many are hesitant to admit that they don't. I want ...

I resent people who say writers write from experience. Writers don't write from experience, though many are hesitant to admit that they don't. I want ...