"Guys in prison are always saying, “I wish someone would write my life story. It would be a bestseller.” So I thought I’d start writing my life story…"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Novelists from the United StatesEssayists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesNon-fiction authors from the United StatesAfrican Americans
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
On how his real-life prison experiences shaped his writings in “How Mitchell S. Jackson Paid the Bills While He Wrote the Books” in Medium (2019 Feb 19)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mitchell_S._Jackson
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Mitchell S. Jackson
4 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Mitchell S. Jackson →
Related Quotes
"It troubles me that our worth is measured against what white people in power care about on a given day, week, month. …"
"I also love the way lists and repetitions can serve as a comfort. We can predict a repetition and that’s soothing, bu…"
"I think that part of the problem is that a lot of black writers are … satisfied with being successful outside of what…"
"Would you end war? Create great Peace."
"To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create."
"Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, but give us Roses."
"Up in the heights of the evening skies I see my City of Cities float In sunset’s golden and crimson dyes: I look, and…"
"They can only set free men free... And there is no need of that: Free men set themselves free."
"Hadn't he been blowing kisses to Earth millions of years before I was born?"
"Quick as a hummingbird is my love, Dipping into the hearts of flowers—She darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly, Dipping…"