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

I write to tell the truth about the black condition as I see it. Therefore, I write to offer a black woman's view of the world.

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

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

The joy of poetry is that it will wait for you. Novels don't wait for you. Characters change. But poetry will wait. I think it's the greatest art.

The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing us.

The words loved me and I loved them in return.