Walter Mosley citations

“A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.”

“The job of the writer is to take a close and uncomfortable look at the world they inhabit, the world we all inhabit, and the job of the novel is to make the corpse stink.”

“If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day… You don't go to a well once but daily. You don't skip a child's breakfast or forget to wake up in the morning…”

“The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind.”

“A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him.”

“It hurts when they're gone. And it doesn't matter if it's slow or fast, whether it's a long drawn-out disease or an unexpected accident. When they're gone the world turns upside down and you're left holding on, trying not to fall off.”

“The older you get the more you live in the past”

“We born dyin'… But you ask a man an' he talk like he gonna live forevah.”

“The police and I have a deal. I don't talk to them and they don't listen to me.”

“Lawyer even sounds like liar.”