"Screaming racism is the last refuge of leftist intellectuals who've completely lost their mojo."

“Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand.”

Source : Frantz Fanon (1968). “The Wretched of the Earth”

“Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me.”

“The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States.”

“Sometimes I do an automatic songs, songs that you don't really think about, or work on. You just look back and it sorta surprises you.”

“The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.”

“I am really fascinated by human beings, fascinated! One thing I loved about living in New York was that I could sit on my stoop and just watch life happen. It was better than any kind of reality television - way more entertaining and enlightening.”

“In the phrase ' human being,' the word 'being' is much more important than the word 'human.'”

Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2013). “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves: A Novel”, p.104, Penguin

“I am after painting reality impressed on the mind so hard that it returns as a dream, but I am not after painting dreams as such, or fantasy.”

Source : Thomas H. Garver, George Tooker (1987). “George Tooker”, Rizzoli International Publications