My Father Was Very Intense, Passionate And

What Tyranny Could Exceed A Tyranny That Dictates To The Human Heart?

The Thing About Genius Is It Will Never Yield To Circumstances. Genius Regards What's Given As The Beginning Of Its Need To Find Or Devise Something Else.

One Of The Reasons I Came To Berkeley Was Because I Saw So Many Students Of All Different Colors Speaking So Many Different Languages And Ferociously Presenting All These Different Views. I Thought, This Is The 21st Century And I Want To Be Here!

In America, You Can Segregate The People, But The Problems Will Travel. From Slavery To Equal Rights, From State Suppression Of Dissent To Crime, Drugs And Unemployment, I Can't Think Of A Supposedly Black Issue That Hasn't Wasted The Original Black Target Group And Then Spread Like Measles To Outlying White Experience.

Poetry Is A Political Act Because It Involves Telling The Truth.