Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe and which mean very little.
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs....
The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is...
You don't go after poetry you take what comes. Maybe the gods do it through me but I certainly do a hell of a lot of the work.