Writing is a delicious agony.

A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead.

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

When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that they're less than somebody else.

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

My last defense / Is the present tense.