A Quote by John Edgar Wideman

I'm not a fearful person, but I'm a pretty pessimistic person. So some of my best times are waiting, anticipating. That's the way it always has been with me, whether anticipating a ball game, anticipating a relationship.

John Edgar Wideman

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John Edgar Wideman
American - Novelist
Born: June 14, 1941

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