Once You Know Who You Are, You

No One Needs To Teach You To Be Mean; We Need To Be Taught To Be Kind.

The Only Way You Can Grow Is To Let Yourself Make Mistakes And Create Contradictions. As We Learn New Things, Some Of Our Old Attitudes Will Change.

[to Write Poems] I Think It's Important To Do Research, And Research Mostly Is Going To Come From Books, So All Of Your Reading Is Potentially Helpful To Your Poetry.

If You Were A Pure Bolt Of Fire-cutting The Skies I'd Touch You-risking My Life-not Because I'm Brave Or Strong, But Because I'm Fascinated By What The Outcome Would Be.

We Black Women Are The Single Group In The West Intact. And Anybody Can See We're Pretty Shaky. We Are, However (all Praises), The Only Group That Derives Its Identity From Itself.