Quotation by James Baldwin

When the book comes out it may hurt you—but in order for me to do it, it had to hurt me first. I can only tell you about yourself as much as I can face about myself.
James Baldwin (1924–1987), U.S. author. A Dialogue (1973).

from a conversation, Nov. 4, 1971, with Nikki Giovanni in London.
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