Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And t...

I'm just like you - I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it. And I'm trying to be a Christian. I'm always amazed when people walk up to...

We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alo...

Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be...

Information helps you to see that you're not alone. That there's somebody in Mississippi and somebody in Tokyo who all have wept, who've all longed and lost, who've all b...

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is l...

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or m...

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't cha...

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity t...

I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and...

The best comfort food will always be greens, corn...

How wonderful it is to be an American. We have known the best...