All writers, musicians, artists, choreographers/dancers, etc., work with the stuff of their experiences. It's the translation of it, the conversion of it, the shaping of it that makes for the drama.

Revolution begins with the self, in the self.

Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me.

... in a capitalist society a man is expected to be an aggressive, uncompromising, factual, lusty, intelligent provider of goods,and the woman, a retiring, gracious, emotional, intuitive, attractive consumer of goods.

Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.

The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible

Take away the miseries and you take away some folks' reason for living.