Goddamnit, look! We live here and they live there. We black and they white. They got things and we ain't. They do things and we can't. It's just like livin' in jail.

Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.

Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented.

Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days.

Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books.

But the color of a Negro's skin makes him easily recognizable, makes him suspect, converts him into a defenseless target

All literature is protest.

Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being denied individuality.

Love grows from stable relationships, shared experience, loyalty, devotion, trust.

I knew that I lived in a country in which the aspirations of black people were limited, marked-off. Yet I felt that I had to go somewhere and do something to redeem my being alive.

Make up your mind, Snail! You are half inside your house, And halfway out!

The Only Way Out Is To DIE!!!!

I see you brought along your violent little girlfriend. What a nice surprise!" - Saint Dane (The Reality Bug)

I have always brought home stray animals - everything from squirrels to wild rabbits to foxes and turtles.

People are increasingly concerned about unemployment, but Republicans have nothing to offer them.

Ancient art was the tyrant of Egypt, the mistress of Greece and the servant of Rome.

Design is a form of competitive advantage. People tend to think of design as good art, good visual language, which it absolutely has to be. But it's also about the ability to do systems thinking.

Any treatment of an illness that does not also minister to the human spirit is grossly deficient.

All novels are sequels; influence is bliss.

You can't be a revolutionary, you can't want to change society if you don't love people, there's no point in it.

We have very stable, solid economy; we are going through challenging times.