Her Least Favorite Thing: Voluntary Ignorance

Thank You, God, Because I Am Lucky. Also Let's Face It, It Turns Out I'm Black. And I'm Having A Career Quite Different From Lots Of People, So I Feel Doubly Lucky.

I Want Carl Sagan To Explain The Sky To Me.

I Used My Imagination To Make The Grass Whatever Color I Wanted It To Be.

It You Want To Be Somebody, If You Want To Go Some Where, You've Got To Wake Up And Pay Attention

[on Writing To Alice Walker, Author Of The Color Purple:] I Told Her I Would Play A Venetian Blind, Dirt On The Floor, Anything.