I really like to cook.
I think the best stories always end up being about the people rather than the event, which is to say character-driven.
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.
What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.
Come to a book as you would come to an unexplored land. Come without a map. Explore it, and draw your own map. . . . A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it.
The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there. . . and still on your feet.
Now, to be properly enjoyed, a walking tour should be gone upon alone. . . . Freedom is of the essence, because you should be able to stop and go on and follow this way or that as the freak takes you. . . . There should be no cackle of voices at your elbow to jar on the meditative silence of the morning.
To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing.
You can't be creative and still be a good girl.
To dance at all is to confront oneself. It is the art of honesty.