There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.

The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.

But, when the chips are down, its better to be furious with someone you love, or frightened for someone you love, than be put through the merciless horror of being ashamed of someone you love.

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

Man cannot live by profit alone.

An American Negro, however deep his sympathies, or however bright his rage, ceases to be simply a black man when he faces a black man from Africa.