Assumptions that racism is more oppressive to black men than black women, then and now ... based on acceptance of patriarchal notions of masculinity.

The significance of feminist movement (when it is not co-opted by opportunistic, reactionary forces) is that it offers a new ideological meeting ground for the sexes, a space for criticism, struggle, and transformation.

It is poetry that changes everything.

The transformative power of love is not fully embraced in our society because we often wrongly believe that torment and anguish are our ‘natural’ condition.

Spirituality and spiritual life give us the strength to love.

What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.

I'm lucky. I think it's good that I have a body of work that addresses different things in different ways.