Real women have children, wise women choose for themselves.

The poet lives as long as his lines are imprinted on the minds of his readers.

I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation.

I refuse to give in to the notion that the American people can't handle complicated information.

If emotional issues remain unaddressed over long periods of time, sometimes they can manifest as physical blocks or disease.

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.

We designers, we don't work in a vacuum. We need business people. We are not the fine artists we are often confused with.

Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.

The more rapidly a civilization progresses, the sooner it dies for another to rise in its place.

Tolerance gives us spiritual insight, which is as far from fanaticism as the north pole is from the south.

Life on earth means: the sprouting of wings.