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I continue to create because writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale wind: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was God.

Source: A Candle in a Gale Wind, in Black Women Writers, ed. Mari Evans, 1984.
-- Alice Childress, (Oct 12 1920-1994), US playwright, actress, director; She was a successful actress and director before becoming a playwright; her plays include Florence, 1950 and Trouble in Mind, 1955.

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