Well, when Christ comes back this time, I hope He comes back mad His own self. I hope He drives the Jim Crowers out of their high places, every living last one of them from Washington to Texas.

I did not believe political directives could be successfully applied to creative writing . . . not to poetry or fiction, which to be valid had to express as truthfully as possible the individual emotions and reactions of the writer.

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro - and beautiful!

What happens to a dream deferred?

Road's in front o' me, Nothin' to do but walk.

7 x 7 + love = An amount Infinitely above: 7 x 7 - love.