You cannot use someone else's fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
Audre LordeJune 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.
Audre Lorde