Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but th... - Toni Morrison

"We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives."

"What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the power to name. And the defined are now taking that power away from them."

"There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how."

"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."

"She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind."