I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all people.

People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.

If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family.

Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity.

It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment.

The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages.

I believe people who practice their beliefs in daily life are activists.

I want word of mouth to be our biggest voice.

An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model

If black people mistrust white people, they are mistrusting racism, and that is appropriate.

Beauty can get a woman what she wants: love and money. But when beauty leaves you so can the things it brought.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.

Honey, we all got to go sometime, reason or no reason. Dying's as natural as living. The man who's too afraid to die is too afraid to live.

There are people who can believe anything they wish. What lucky creatures!

I'm an expert. I can kill anybody and not be caught.

But now the shots began—not many, but one shot is a fusillade if there have been no shots before.

people who understand grammar always have a keen sense of the ridiculous.

Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline.

I can make people laugh at the drop of a dime. God's given me that ability.