The Job Of The Writer Is To

My Responsibility To Myself, My Neighbors, My Family And The Human Family Is To Try To Tell The Truth.

Revolution Begins With The Self, In The Self.

The Story Is A Piece Of Work. The Novel Is A Way Of Life.

An Artist Represents An Oppressed People And Makes Revolution Irresistible.

I Try To Live [the Golden Rule] And I Certainly Expect It Of Some Particular Others. But I'll Be Damned If I Want Most Folk Out There To Do Unto Me What They Do Unto Themselves.