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“I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.”
“White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.”
“You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play.”
“A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die.”
“I appreciate and enjoy my age.”
“I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just the fact that we could say, 'Hey, I don't like white people.'”
“If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.”
“Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.”
“If you know what you're talking about, or if you feel that you do, the reader will believe you.”
“The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.”
“If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.”
“Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.”
“We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to.”
“There are things you stand up for because it's right.”
“Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.”
“We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end.”
“i move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't.”
“For most of my life, I've thought of myself as pretty cool.”
“I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.”
“A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.”