Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.

I don't like the idea of the black race being diluted out of existence. I like the idea of all of us being here.

Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.

I've always thought of myself as a reporter. When people ask why I don't stop writing, I say, `Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to write about.’ With all that's going on, how could I stop?

She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.

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

I am an ordinary human being who is impelled to write poetry. ... I still do feel that a poet has a duty to words, and that words can do wonderful things, and it's too bad to just let them lie there without doing anything with and for them.