You cannot fix what you will not face.

All over Harlem, Negro boys and girls are growing into stunted maturity, trying desperately to find a place to stand; and the wonder is not that so many are ruined but that so many survive.

I think white gay people feel cheated because they were born, in principle, in a society in which they were supposed to be safe. The anomaly of their sexuality puts them in danger, unexpectedly.

Most of us are about as eager to change as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

Artists are here to disturb the peace.

Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.