I didn't want to give the white reader an opportunity to think of racism as imaginary - a sentiment that is already a central barrier in addressing the problem.

I couldn't write about love without writing about hate - specifically, how the experience of hatred embeds itself in the body and prevents love from entering or leaving.

I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort.

Now is not the time for Canadians to be sanctimonious. It is time for us to be prudent and active.

Children's books have great potential to reveal new possibilities to readers, because the intended audience is at an age of genuine learning.

In poetry, I didn't have to provide resolution. I could ask hard questions without feeling responsible for the answers.

As a person of color, I know race can't be stripped from admiration or preference.

I have dedicated a significant portion of my time and artistry to making art that addresses various forms of oppression, including white supremacy, misogyny, and biphobia.

I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives.

I feel like I have had to catch up to the art I've made, and learn from the protagonists I have written, especially in relation to gender.

It's exciting to consider how art, in its ability to reveal, can be ahead of the artist.

Greatness has a fragrance. Get close to it and that fragrance will arouse your potential.

We are not deceiving anyone, we are only deceiving our own soul [our own Self].

Each of us has a day ... when he has to accept finally the fact that he is a man.

It's amazing, if you know what you want to say, how fast it is to write.

Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.

Information technology has been one of the leading drivers of globalization, and it may also become one of its major victims.

Focus on progress not perfection.

The world no doubt is the best or most serviceable schoolmaster; but the world's curriculum does not include Latin and Greek.

Those trees seem to grow every year.

I am anxious to see what life is going to bring next.