The dream is real, my friends. The failure to make it work is the unreality.

The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible

Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion. I've seen them doing it. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges.

(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people.

Revolution begins with the self, in the self.... We'd better take the time to fashion revolutionary selves, revolutionary lives, revolutionary relationships. Mouth don't win the war.

Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me.

The only proper mask to wear in life is your own damn face.

TAKE HEART TO FLAT OUT DECIDE TO BE WELL AND STRIDE INTO THE FUTURE, SANE AND WHOLE

The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible.

When you dream, you dialogue with aspects of yourself that normally are not with you in the daytime and you discover that you know a great deal more than you thought you did.

Write a lot and hit the streets. A writer who doesn't keep up with what's out there ain't gonna be out there.

Creativity in and of itself is a type of energy vibration.

People perceive the divine according to their own biases. That doesn’t make the experience any less real.

This has been my life for many years; one role feeds the other. It is a joy to be an artist, but it doesn't mean very much unless that work is somehow useful in some way and contributes to others.

I don't like venison or sushi - I don't want to eat what some people think are 'luxurious' foods.

God loves his children more than any earthly parent, so think what your kindness to his children means to him.

Whoever can surprise well must conquer.

Life You have been good to me.... You have not made yourself too dear to juggle with.

[...] falling in love with someone beautiful and intelligent and the rest of it, then feeling like a blank twit put you at something of a disadvantage.

I should warn you that underneath these clothes I'm wearing boxer shorts and I know how to use them.

When two people meet, as long as there is any form of rapport maintained, the person with the most certainty will eventually influence ther other person.