Modernism probably wouldn't have happened without lesbians in Paris.
I write to tell the truth about the black condition as I see it. Therefore, I write to offer a black woman's view of the world.
You can't have relationships with other people until you give birth to yourself.
I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day. The more I learn, the clearer my view of the world becomes.
All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better. '
The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing us.
No. Don't never go looking for love girl. Just wait. It'll come. Like the rain fallin' from the heaven, it'll come. Just don't never give up on love.
Remember, a person who wins success may have been counted out many times before. He wins because he refuses to give up.
My point is I'm kind of an outlier. For whatever reason, the success still blows my mind - that I'm able to talk to people about the music I've written.
Intelligent Design has been hijacked by a narrow group of creationist fundamentalists in America to mean something it didn't originally mean at all. It's another form of the God of the gaps. It's bad theology in that it turns God once again into the pagan god of thunder and lightning.
I can't stay engaged for years with a book unless it has feelings. It can't be an idea for me - it has to be a felt thing.