I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections of th….

When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement..

In every human society of which we know - prehistoric, ancient or modern, whether hunter-gatherer, pastoral, agricultural or industrial - at least so….

I think that Hollywood should also be influenced by directors from Hong Kong. You see how Quentin Tarantino is really the example of how you can deve….

Reason dies collapsing under its own load..

It's terrifying to have a voice right now. It's so terrifying, and it's so essential..

I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately in our culture, the charismatic ….

When you focus on results, you will very seldom see a change in your culture. But, if you focus on a customer-centric culture, you will realize long-….

One of the things I recognized early on, doing whatever studies of black history I have, is that even though black folks were transported as slaves, ….

There is also the danger in our culture that because a person is called upon to give public statements and is acclaimed by the establishment, such a ….

Everyone always says more than they're supposed to..

The criteria or the paradigm for us is not the West, not the Western paradigm, because the West has its own culture, we have our own culture, they ha….

Get it right in your head - and you'll get it right in your life..

Great art transcends its culture and touches on that which is eternal..

Our democracy should reflect our culture and our habits and our customs and our reality at the same time..

Coming up in the African-American culture, we were taught that we belonged to the universe and society was wrong in the way it dealt with us. We had ….

Often we will learn more from our failures than we do from our successes..

Love more and openly..

The less inhibited you are the better..

Great art always transcends its culture, while lesser art merely reflects it..

The blues is life itself..