The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

Who I am is what fulfills me and fulfills the vision I have of the world.

Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one's own actions or lack of action.

June Jordan once said something which is just wonderful. I'm paraphrasing her-that her function as a poet was to make revolution irresistible. Well o.k. that is the function of us all, as creative artists, to make the truth, as we see it irresistible.

I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there

stoicism and silence does not serve us nor our communities, only the forces of things as they are.