Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you'll never write.

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.

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