And I cried… for all of the women who stretched their bodies for civilizations, only to find ruins.

And I cried… for all of the women who stretched their bodies for civilizations, only to find ruins.

You can't have relationships with other people until you give birth to yourself.

Zora Neale Hurston said fear is the greatest emotion and I said, 'No my dear sister.' Fear will make us move to save our own skins. Love also makes us save ourselves, but it will make us move to save others as well.

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

Art... reacts to or reflects the culture it springs from.

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