Writers ... I think ... live on that fine line between insanity and genius.

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.

Life is a process where people mix and match, fall apart and come back together.

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

You do what you can with what you have. You have to work the edges whatever they are. The main thing is keeping your integrity.

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.

Black love is Black wealth and they'll probably talk about my hard childhood and never understand that all the while I was quite happy