People Only Say I’m Angry Because I’m

But You Know, Where Did The Brontes Go To College? Where Did George Eliot Go To College? Where Did Thomas Paine Or Thomas Jefferson Or George Washington Go? Did George Washington Go To College? This Idea Which We Now Have That People Ought To Have These Credentials Is Really Ridiculous. Where Did Homer Go To College?

At The Time I Was Taught To Read, It Was An Eden-like Time Of My Life. My Mother Adored Me. Everyone Adored Me. So I Associate Reading With Enormous Pleasure.

I Didn't Know It Was Possible To Be Successful As A Writer, So I Wasn't Afraid To Fail.

It's Very Funny, American Society: White Culture Can Do All Sorts Of Things And Get Away With It, But The Minute A Black Person Does It, It's Interpreted In Some Way.

Race As A Subject Only Comes About Because Of What I Look Like. If I Say Something Truthfully, People Say "oh, She's So Angry." If I Write About A Married Person Who Lives In Vermont, It Becomes "oh, She's Autobiographical."