The story is a piece of work. The novel is a way of life.

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.

The measure of a man is his state of mind.

Intellectual curiosity and the human brain are the root of science.

We have lived with violence far too long.

I know who I am and what kind of teammate I've always been.

Working myself into a position of total versatility, so that I can do anything I want to do at the time I want to do it. Whether I do it or not is another question.

I don't listen to my own stuff unless I've been drinking a lot.

Twitter is part of our social fabric

I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism.

If somebody says your story is only published because you look nice in the photo, that maybe spurs you on to write.

The stones were sharp, The wind came at my back; Walking along the highway, Mincing like a cat.