Nina Simone's Music Is Incredibly Honest. That's

Who I Really Am Keeps Surprising Me.

Most Of My Books Are A Two-year Project. I Tend To Follow My Heart And My Mind And Research Materials Where They Take Me.

Being Black And Poor Is, I Think, Radically Different From Being Anything Else And Poor. Poor, To Most Blacks, Is A State Of Mind. Those Who Accept It Are Poor; Those Who Struggle Are Middle Class.

The Nature Of Tragedy And Accident Is That We Cannot Predict.

Fanatics Are, For One Thing, Boring And, For Another, Unreliable. They Tend To Burn Out Just When You Need Them.