All struggles are essentially power struggles. Who will rule? Who will lead? Who will define, refine, confine, design? Who will dominate? All struggles are essentially power struggles,and most are no more intellectual than two rams knocking their heads together.

No, I think the future of humanity will be like the past, we'll do what we've always done and there will still be human beings. Granted, there will always be people doing something different and there are a lot of possibilities.

I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.

Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt, you're really on your own. You're alone, and there's no one to help you.

I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.

Beware At war Or at peace, More people die Of unenlightened self-interest Than of any other disease

I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.