Nobel Prizewinning writer Toni Morrison discusses her novel, "God Help the Child." At 84, she looks back on her life and says she regrets everything. "It's not profound regret," she says. "It's just a wiping up of tiny little messes that you didn't recognize as mess when they were going on."

Originally broadcast April 20, 2015.

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