I never thought about myself as an activist when we were coming along. I wasn't a joiner. You know, I love the people I love. I didn't care whether -….

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question..

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear..

The world has improved mostly because unorthodox people did unorthodox things. Not surprisingly, they had the courage and daring to think they could ….

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity..

You have to learn how to be married. You have to learn to love somebody..

Art is in the process of redefining our relationships to each other ... The creative minds are bubbling, bubbling, and I know the soup that's coming ….

You meet all kinds of people that help put life in perspective and turn the horror into some kind of lesson or avenue of awakening that lives with yo….

Revolutionaries don't get job security..

It takes a long time to really be married. One marries many times at many levels within that marriage. If you have more marriages than you have divor….

I don't want to have my children have to get dressed up to go out to say good morning and deserve to live among some other people. I want to be able ….

Among whom the gods bless, high on the list are the music people, who tune into celestial vibe-brations and give mortals a taste of immortal sensatio….

Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other..

Spike Lee made such a difference in terms of black filmmakers, the subtleties - those authors, those writers who write from love, and those who write….

A trustworthy marriage has weathered temptation and anger and jealousy, resentment, self-righteousness and a little bit of selfishness. When you get ….

You just try to do everything that comes up. Get up an hour earlier, stay up an hour later, make the time. Then you look back and say, ‘Well, that wa….

The divorce rate would be lower if instead of marrying for better or worse people would marry for good..

See, I don’t expect to win a prize for stoic control and dignity at mourning time. Death deserve tantrums. Beating back shocked indignation, kicks in….

Sorrow for not understanding like I understand now the unpredictable, profound journey that marriage is..

My mother - my stepmother, really, she herself have been what they call an elocutionist. And she was the one who first encouraged me to write poetry,….

When you know my love, my love will warm you..