The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with excellence?
Walter Dean MyersYes, she is the fruit that will Sustain me and yes, she brings A rain that I know can chill But it is a rain so sweet and sings A song my soul insists That I follow, if I would exist As more than I have ever, ever been If my mother calls it evil, then I embrace the sin
Walter Dean MyersOne of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict.
Walter Dean MyersThe movie is more real in so many ways than the life I am leading. No, thatโs not true. I just desperately wish this was only a movie.
Walter Dean Myers