Lots of African-American people really so adore Barack Obama that they're unwilling to even be mildly critical of him.

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.

Why is Jesus’ saying, “I am!” so important? Because, you’re not!

If you can find your perfect job, create one.

She was destroyed many years ago, La Belle, on the cobblestones of the alley beside the opera house ...

This is a business. Be smart. Choose wisely.

Thus each of us had to be content to live only for the day, alone under the vast indifference of the sky.

I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers

Pretty isn't the only thing that matters - being smart and kind matters more, of course - but all daughters should hear from their moms that they look pretty once in a while.

I'm not a science-fiction writer. I've only written one book that's science fiction, and that's Fahrenheit 451. All the others are fantasy.

... I am the same personal being who in old times upon the Earth had those experiences.

I'm klutzy, and I don't embarrass easily.