James Baldwin on Becoming a Writer

Añadido: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]Cuz you know all this fear about being a writer, being a star, and all of that.

[00:00:07]The truth is you become a writer because a day comes in your life that you accept it.

[00:00:15]You have to accept the fact that you're not a truck driver.

[00:00:18]Yes. I've done you know I ain't never drove a truck. But I can I can still dig a ditch. And the people who reduced you which I mean by my ancestors. I'm a kind of poet and I come out of a certain place, a certain time, a certain history. That is my gig. Yeah, I'm 50 years old.

[00:00:36]Isn't that astounding? It's beautiful.