I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia

The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.

The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute.

Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.

Good things don't come to those who wait. They come to those who agitate!

Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social service.

Obama is to the Tea Party as the moon is to werewolves.

You must place interest in principle above interest on principal.

The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy. He was middle-class and fairly militant for the time and place.

The Republican Party would have the American flag and the swastika flying side by side.

Unlike mainstream civil rights groups, which merely sought integration of blacks into the existing order, SNCC sought structural changes in American society itself.

Art is an imagination, crafted over innocent dreams and vibrant integrity.

Stronger your reasons, stronger the will power

Happiness is a beautiful feeling. It is a beautiful mind, and a peaceful mind

If your life is like a tragedy it is because you have been neglecting something — most likely yourself.

Comedy has had no history, because it was not at first treated seriously.

One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.

Men should come with instruction booklets.

A lot of women are turned off by the physical appearance of some of the first feminists.

I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances.

The more you put yourself out there, the more there is for people to take exception with.