...I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people.

The black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the 'Negro's' reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images.

I probably have not killed anyone in America because I write, I've maintained good controls over myself by writing.

... in order to be a true revolutionary, you must understand love. Love, sacrifice, and death.

The words loved me and I loved them in return.

I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day. The more I learn, the clearer my view of the world becomes.

So much of growing up is an unbearable waiting. A constant longing for another time. Another season.