My Imagination Quotes - Page 20

• Ethiopia always has a special place in my imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African.

  Nelson Mandela

  England And America, Roots, Imagination

  Nelson Mandela (2013). “Long Walk To Freedom”, p.190, Hachette UK

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• My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

  Patricia Highsmith

  Quiet People, Communication, Imagination

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• The writing is - I'm free of pain. It's the place where I live; it's where I have control; it's where nobody tells me what to do; it's where my imagination is fecund and I am really at my best. Nothing matters more in the world or in my body or anywhere when I'm writing.

  Toni Morrison

  Pain, Writing, Imagination

  "'I Regret Everything': Toni Morrison Looks Back On Her Personal Life". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. April 20, 2015.

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