Nikki Giovanni Quotes

the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by.

and sometimes I sit
down at my typewriter
and I think
not of someone
cause there isn't anyone
to think
about and i wonder
is it worth it

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.

Writers don't write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don't. ...If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.

I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops.