This is the time for every artist in every genre to do what he or she does loudly and consistently. It doesn't matter to me what your position is. You've got to keep asserting the complexity and the originality of life, and the multiplicity of it, and the facets of it. This is about being a complex human being in the world, not about finding a villain. This is no time for anything else than the best that you've got.
Toni MorrisonIf there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
Toni MorrisonBlack people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
Toni Morrison