The Best Quotes by Authors
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![A portrait of Maya Angelou with short, styled gray hair, wearing gold hoop earrings, red lipstick, and a brown patterned jacket over an orange top, sitting indoors with a blurred background of curtains and pillows.]()
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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![Octavia E. Butler, with short curly hair and glasses, resting her head on her hand while sitting in front of a bookshelf filled with colorful books.]()
“Writers use everything. We can’t help it. Whatever touches us touches our writing.”
— Octavia E. Butler
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![Roxane Gay, with short gray hair, wearing a gray shirt and blue denim jacket, sitting indoors with a neutral background.]()
"Stories have given me a place in which to lose myself. They have allowed me to remember. They have allowed me to forget. They have allowed me to imagine different endings and better possible worlds."
— Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
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![Malcolm X, with short hair and glasses, wearing a black suit and white shirt, resting his hand on his head.]()
"The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive."
— Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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![A portrait of Toni Morrison with long gray dreadlocks, wearing a black top and silver earrings, against a yellow background.]()
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
— Toni Morrison
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![Cicely Tyson, with a short black bob haircut, wearing a purple dress and matching purple shawl, standing in front of a red backdrop with white text and logos.]()
"To soar toward what's possible, you must leave behind what's comfortable."
— Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am
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![Glory Edim, with twisted hair, sitting on a green couch in a living room, wearing a geometric-patterned top and matching skirt.]()
"So my advice to other young writers: Read widely. Study other writers. Be thoughtful, Then go out and do the work of changing the form, finding your own voice, and saying what you need to say. Be fearless. And care."
— Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl
