Surely the earth can be saved by all the people who insist on love.

No matter how hidden the cruelty, no matter how far off the screams of pain and terror, we live in one world. We are one people.

The artist...is the voice of the people.

My heart hurt so much I can't believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are.

Israel is guilty of apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and also in the Occupied Territories.

We're going to have to debunk the myth that Africa is a heaven for black people -- especially black women. We've been the mule of the world there and the mule of the world here.