We must talk about how sexism and patriarchy operate in conjunction with state violence. Until we're honest about that, and do something to resist, we're complicit in the persistence of oppression.

Prison is the only form of public housing that the government has truly invested in over the past 5 decades

When they say accountability, they mean surveillance and standardization.

We live in a world where black humanity is a relatively new idea.

The hoodies themselves aren't criminal. White people wear hoodies all the time!

For me, self-care is a lesson I'm still learning. But it begins with space away from the heaviness of life. I now take time to play, laugh, and, every once in awhile, sleep.

There's a long history of saying certain people shouldn't be voting. And, unfortunately, the people who are often left out of these conversations are people who are black and brown.

Throughout history there have been black people who have played mammies, all sorts of offensive images, who didn't mind doing it.

I value individuals and societies. I care about those who are not born yet. That is the reason for my joys and blues.

Writers are nothing more than borderline schizophrenics who are able to control the voices.

I meditate whenever I can. I can be in the back seat of a car or in between appointments.

Nothing one does in bed is immoral if it helps to perpetuate love.

Nuclear power will be the Vietnam issue of the 1980s.

Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.

I wanted to disconnect from contemporary architecture

You say to yourself, Well, this poem isn't going to be any good, but I'll write it anyway.

Make DV movies so you can learn how to make films, but don't try to distribute them until they are fantastic.

Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way."