What can defeat greed, technological superiority, and legal lawlessness ... is discipline, consciousness, and unity.

One monkey don't stop no show. Not one, not six. The struggle continues.

Our lives preserved. How it was; and how it be. Passing it along in the relay. That is what I work to do: to produce stories that save our lives.

Write a lot and hit the streets. A writer who doesn't keep up with what's out there ain't gonna be out there.

(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people.

old folks is the nation.

An artist represents an oppressed people and makes revolution irresistible.