She thought of how precious it was to be able to know another person over many years. There was incomparable richness in it.

My ancestors make up the skin of the world. That's who that is. That's what that is. That's us.

I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read.

Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.

I love my own culture. I love my African-American culture very deeply, and I know it deserves to be honored. You have to be aware that people are suffering unjustly, and given our own history we have a duty to stand for the people who are being treated like our parents and grandparents and children were treated.

I think colors are miraculous. We live in a universe that is extremely creative and magical. We become happier as we appreciate these things in nature.

Activism is my rent for living on the planet.