Occupation: Writer Birth: June 7, 1943
The poet can only write the poems; it takes the reader to complete the meaning..
Show me someone not full of herself and I'll show you a hungry person..
There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't exp….
The unwillingness to try is worse than any failure..
We obviously need the truth. We're living in a country of lies..
Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way..
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts..
If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it..
She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't..
Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore..
The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change..
We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves..
Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste..
We are better than we think and not yet what we want to be..
Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come..
If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else..
Art offers sanctuary to everyone willing to open their Hearts as well as their Eyes..
We love because it's the only true adventure..
Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we can’t drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of our feet. If we can….
We [Black people] have always used our creativity to battle and we're not the only ones. Black Americans are certainly leaders in that simply because….
A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, ….