I really don't think we should dismiss a book because we feel messed about intellectually. Or emotionally. That's the writer's job!

Inspiration takes many forms, but it's rarely pure.

I really don't think we should dismiss a book because we feel messed about intellectually. Or emotionally. That's the writer's job!

The artist’s memory is a dangerous, necessary thing. Never disavow what you see and remember-it’s your brilliant stock-in-trade: remembering, and making something out of it. Artists remember the world as it is, first, because you have to know what it is you’re reinventing; that’s a rule, perhaps the only one: being cognizant of your source material.

People approach people of color with preconceived ideas. I don't think this is just restricted to white people, but I think that lots of black and white artists, when race is a subject matter, they put race or the ideology around race first. They don't see the person and the complications of the human being.

I think writing is an act of remembrance, I think that Instagram is an act of remembrance, and I think curating a show is an act of memory, too.

I think you're not really teaching anyone unless you're learning yourself.