My work is a part of me and I know it. I have no reason to try to pick one part of me out from the rest. I only see my work, or rather I should say I see my work only telling my part of the human experience.

I was responding to one thing for the woman I knew, and there's another thing for what did she give, right. She [Nina Simone] was a great teacher.

We need to make sure our children travel to see things. Not necessarily long distances but at least out of the neighborhood. On a train. A boat. An airplane.

Show me someone not full of herself and I'll show you a hungry person.

Iife/personality must be taken as a total entity. All of your life is all of your life, and no one incident stands alone.

The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.

We are better than we think and not yet what we want to be.