If I wanted to write, I had to be willing to develop a kind of concentration found mostly in people ...

If I wanted to write, I had to be willing to develop a kind of concentration found mostly in people awaiting execution. I had to learn technique and surrender my ignorance.

Maya Angelou

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If I wanted to write, I had to be willing to develop a kind of concentration found mostly in people awaiting execution. I had to learn technique and surrender my ignorance. - Maya Angelou quote

If I wanted to write, I had to be willing to develop a kind of concentration found mostly in people awaiting execution. I had to learn technique and surrender my ignorance.

Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

American poet and author

April 4th, 1928 - May 28th, 2014