Abortions will not let you forget. You remember the children you got that you did not get.

Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love.

Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're not less than anybody else.

We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.

I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it.

There can be no whiter whiteness than this one: An insurance man's shirt on its morning run.

Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.