Music is my first love, where my artistic journey began.

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.

You've got an awfully kissable mouth.

Show me a fantasy novel about Chernobyl--there isn't one! Because reality is more fantastic.

It turns out the simplest choices have been far more important in the long run than I ever imagined.

Revolution starts in the mind. Question Everything!

Religion is a tool used by wicked people to twist other people into doing the things they want them to do".

One of the best ways to persuade others is by listening to them.

If you ask the Universe to be your partner and guide you on the path to wholeness, it will oblige.

So long as one person remembers you, you'll never really be dead.

It's a mistake to dwell too much on the consequences of a piece of work that you're making.

[John Carlos] has spent much of his life since that time as a dedicated human rights advocate and public speaker, and he is out now with a wonderful new text; a memoir, in fact.