Poetry is subconscious conversation, it is as much the work of those who understand it and those who make it.

- Sonia Sanchez

Zora Neale Hurston said fear is the greatest emotion and I said, 'No my dear sister.' Fear will make us move to save our own skins. Love also makes u…

- Sonia Sanchez

The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing us.

- Sonia Sanchez

I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day. The more I learn, the clearer …

- Sonia Sanchez

... in order to be a true revolutionary, you must understand love. Love, sacrifice, and death.

- Sonia Sanchez

I write to tell the truth about the black condition as I see it. Therefore, I write to offer a black woman's view of the world.

- Sonia Sanchez

I shall become, I shall become a collector of me. And put meat on my soul.

- Sonia Sanchez

The black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the 'Negro's' reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images.

- Sonia Sanchez

All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better.'

- Sonia Sanchez