The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feeling. . . .

Well, I do not want to be tolerated, nor misnamed. I want to be recognized.

When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture.

pornography is a direct denial of the power of the erotic, for it represents the suppression of true feeling. Pornography emphasizes sensation without feeling.

My fear of anger taught me nothing.

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.

I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.