The Future Is In Good Hands.

A White Face Goes With A White Mind. Occasionally A Black Face Goes With A White Mind. Very Seldom A White Face Will Have A Black Mind.

I'm Glad I Understand That While Language Is A Gift, Listening Is A Responsibility. (u.s. Poet And Writer, 1943- )

Writers ... I Think ... Live On That Fine Line Between Insanity And Genius.

It's Not A Ladder We're Climbing, It's Literature We're Producing. . . . We Cannot Possibly Leave It To History As A Discipline Nor To Sociology Nor Science Nor Economics To Tell The Story Of Our People.

Poetry Is Music Though, Unfortunately, Not All Music Is Poetry. Because Music Has Other Carriers To Take Its Message - Beats, Lyrics, Singers, Bass Players - Anyone In Music Can Rise To Make A Major Statement But In Poetry There Are Only Words To Do The Work. And They Do Sometimes Have To Sweat.