The American ideal is, after all, that everyone should be as much alike as possible.
James A. BaldwinUnless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always seem untimely.
James A. BaldwinThe real victim of bigotry is the white man who hides his weakness under his myth of superiority.
James A. BaldwinYou write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world... The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way... people look at reality, then you can change it.
James A. Baldwin