Bebe Moore Campbell Quotes:- Bebe Moore Campbell (February 18, 1950 – November 27, 2006) was an American author, journalist, and teacher. Campbell was the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me, which was also a Los Angeles Times “Best Book of 2001”. Her other works include the novel Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and the winner of the NAACP Image Award for Literature; her memoir, Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad; and her first nonfiction book, Successful Women, Angry Men: Backlash in the Two-Career Marriage. Her essays, articles, and excerpts appear in many anthologies.
Inspirational Bebe Moore Campbell Quotes
“African-Americans know about racism, but I don’t think we really know the causes. I decided it’s first of all a family problem.”
Bebe Moore Campbell
“I have to entertain you because if I don’t entertain you, you’re not going to continue reading. But if I’m not out to enlighten, or change your mind about something, or change your behavior, then I really don’t want to take the journey.”
Bebe Moore Campbell
“Race, redemption, and healing – that’s my thing.”
Bebe Moore Campbell
“To me, there’s no point in writing merely to entertain.”
Bebe Moore Campbell
“I had an agent who spent eight years – eight years! – trying to sell my stories. She sold other people’s work; she just didn’t sell mine.”
Bebe Moore Campbell
“I would get up at 3 in the morning and write. Or sometimes I would write at midnight. Or I would write when my child napped. It wasn’t a burden. I was so enthused about what I was doing at the time that I really didn’t mind.”
Bebe Moore Campbell
