If culture was a railroad, I can see the tracks running from the Spirituals to the Hip Hop Nation.

Language instruction should start in the first grade. Writing, also.

Fanatics are, for one thing, boring and, for another, unreliable. They tend to burn out just when you need them.

The poet can only write the poems; it takes the reader to complete the meaning.

Everyone understands that love comes in many different packages and is used in many different ways. You cannot love beyond your years, nor can you fail to love beneath them... In other words, I think you get the love you need when you open your heart.

War is not a jobs program.

There are some things we do simply because the doing is a success.