What can defeat greed, technological superiority, and legal lawlessness ... is discipline, consciousness, and unity.

The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible

Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion. I've seen them doing it. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges.

(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people.

Revolution begins with the self, in the self.... We'd better take the time to fashion revolutionary selves, revolutionary lives, revolutionary relationships. Mouth don't win the war.

Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me.

The only proper mask to wear in life is your own damn face.

TAKE HEART TO FLAT OUT DECIDE TO BE WELL AND STRIDE INTO THE FUTURE, SANE AND WHOLE

The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible.

When you dream, you dialogue with aspects of yourself that normally are not with you in the daytime and you discover that you know a great deal more than you thought you did.

Write a lot and hit the streets. A writer who doesn't keep up with what's out there ain't gonna be out there.

Forgiving is not about forgetting, it's letting go of the hurt

I doubt that anyone has a Damascus moment after experiencing discrimination. Most people seem to have shining moments of change after experiencing grace.

Talent is one thing, personality and attitude is everything!

I can't say that I know the lexicon as intimately as a lot of people, so I may be unworthy of being called a Trekkie. That would be doing a disservice to the people who really are Trekkies.

Rather than regret for what I have written, I feel regret for what I shall never be able to read.

When it's a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you're given. I can make two lines seem like Hamlet.

To make a young couple love each other, it is only necessary to oppose and separate them.

It's really easy to figure out why I love what I love, the holidays and food. I know the difference between having them and not having them.

I have always believed that the Good Samaritan went across the road to the wounded man just because he wanted to.