I had a deep prejudice against the South. It's taken me many years to get over that, be more open and thoughtful.
John Edgar WidemanI can't pretend that I did one really awful thing - I took a bite out of the apple but now I'm never going to sin again.
John Edgar WidemanThat's one of the beauties, I think, of African American life. There was this thing called slavery and adjustments were made. It literally destroyed millions, but it didn't destroy everybody and it didn't destroy the inner lives of all the people who experienced it.
John Edgar WidemanThat's the beauty and the terror of being human beings: We just have these symbolic languages, these dreams, and that's all it ever is.
John Edgar Wideman