Children Have Adopted A Consumerist Attitude -

The Movie Is More Real In So Many Ways Than The Life I Am Leading. No, That’s Not True. I Just Desperately Wish This Was Only A Movie.

I'm Not Out Here Looking For No Garbage Cans To Curl Up In. I'm Looking For The Same Good Dreams Everybody Else Is Hoping For, But I Don't See Where They Are. Or Maybe I See Where They Are, But I Don't See How To Get There.

I Think It's Difficult For Young People To Acknowledge Being Smart, To Knowledge Being A Reader. I See Kids Who Are Embarrassed To Read Books. They're Embarrassed To Have People See Them Doing It.

The Idea Of Voluntary Segregation Went Against Every Value I Had Been Taught. What Did Being Born Black Have To Do With Excellence?

With My Writing, What I Want To Do Is Humanize The Young People I Write About.