Everybody that loves freedom loves Harriet Tubman because she was determined not only to be free, but to make free as many people as she could.

Most of my books are a two-year project. I tend to follow my heart and my mind and research materials where they take me.

Poetry is the most mistaught subject in any school because we teach poetry by form and not by content.

We are all either wheels or connectors. Whichever we are we must find truth and balance, which is a bicycle. Trust and balance are also essential to true love.

Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.

What's the difference between dragging a black man behind a truck in Jasper, Texas, and beating a white boy to death in Wyoming because he's gay?

[My] Books are like puppies and children: you love each one for different reasons. I don't actually have a favorite because, if I were honest, I'm always more excited about what is coming.