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I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I read more
I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.
Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. -Robert Greenleaf.
Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. -Robert Greenleaf.
Well done is better than well said. -Unknown.
Well done is better than well said. -Unknown.
It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes.
It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes.
In listening mood she seemed to stand,
The guardian Naiad of the strand.
In listening mood she seemed to stand,
The guardian Naiad of the strand.
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing. -Unknown.
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing. -Unknown.
He holds him with his glittering eye--
. . . .
And listens like a three years' read more
He holds him with his glittering eye--
. . . .
And listens like a three years' child.
I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen.
I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen.
No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next.
No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next.