It's not a ladder we're climbing, it's literature we're producing. . . . We cannot possibly leave it to history as a discipline nor to sociology nor science nor economics to tell the story of our people. |
Kevin Powell is pushing to bring, as he has so brilliantly done before, the voices of his generation: the concerns, the cares, the fears and the fearlessness. |
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. |
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. |
Sacred cows make very poor gladiators |
She doesn't have a lot of attitude. She was going about her business, and she was within her rights to be where she was. She wasn't trying to lead. She simply said, 'Enough. Here I stand.' I think people need to know that. |
She sounds extremely creative, in that she turned historical figures into mythical figures. Obviously, she's absorbing images and metaphors, and shows she's thinking. What more do we want a seven-year-old to do? |
Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us. |
The one good thing about repeating your mistakes is that you know when to cringe |
There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your live those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect. |
There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave. |
We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end. |
We love because it's the only true adventure |
We love because it's the only true adventure |
We love because it's the only true adventure |