I have T.V. on all the time when I'm writing. I have music on. I'm engaged with the world.
Ishmael ReedAmericans are fickle. And what constitutes the enemy is always changing. Believe it or not, at one time Blacks were the favored model minority over Asian Americans.
Ishmael ReedMulticultural is not a description of a category of American writing-it is a definition of all American writing.
Ishmael ReedI think Black intellectuals see too deeply. That's the problem. It's a cause of anxiety, because we see things differently.
Ishmael Reed