January 21, 2013
"Don’t fucking lie. Seriously, don’t fucking lie. Don’t claim to have been the only white girl gang-banging in South Central. Don’t claim to have been raised by wolves. Don’t claim that you took a root canal without pain killers. You are not a bad ass. You are a writer. The first step is to accept this and not fucking lie."

— Ta-Nehisi Coates, on writing a memoir.

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Filed under: Writing Memoir 
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