Don't believe the hype that black North Carolinians are not voting. We've heard this time and time again. It's just not the truth.

There's no great, white bigot; there's just about 200 million little white bigots out there.

History belongs to she who holds the pen...If we don't tell our stories, they won't be told.

When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins.

Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."

Frankly, I'd love to see a multiparty system, like we have in some of our European countries. But I'm not sure how to get there.

If people don't know about you, that's not on them, it's on you.

George W. Bush is evil. He is a terrorist. He is evil. He is arrogant. And he is out of control.

President [Barack] Obama's pick of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education was abysmal.

If past behavior is any indication, Donald Trump's behavior would not be acceptable.

We have a very large military community - veterans and others - who basically do believe in the militarism.

Unless inside, where no one sees, our soul is kneelling, too, a prayer is not so likely to get through.

it doesn t matter if it takes a long time getting there; the point is to have a destination.

Appetite comes with eating.

Dancing is the last word in life. In dancing one draws nearer to oneself.

We put out a live thing, it seemed more like a bootleg though but, it would be nice to see like a concert filmed with like good cameras you know, instead of just DV cams.

...most warriors only perform tricks. The way of the warrior is filled with soul and feeling

Children's finger-painting came under the arts, but movies didn't.

An enemy's gift is ruinous and no gift.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.

The fringed curtains of thine eye advance, And say what thou seest yond.