"I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts."

“Civility is a work of the imagination, for it is through the imagination that we render others sufficiently like ourselves for them to become subjects of tolerance and respect, if not always affection.”

“I was raised to have value for money, to have respect for money, even though you have a lot of it.”

Source : "Jennifer Lawrence Is Cheap Because She 'Was Raised To Have Value For Money'" by Aly Weisman, www.businessinsider.com. March 29, 2013.

“It took years, honestly, to deal with the disappointment of Beijing.”

“Bodies devoid of mind are as statues in the market place.”

“Surround yourself with brilliance.”

“The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.”

Source : Ntozake Shange (2010). “Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo: A Novel”, p.36, Macmillan

“People say that if you don't love America, then get the hell out. Well, I love America.”

Source : "Born on the Fourth of July". www.imdb.com. 1989.

“Does people not asking me about Asian American literature mean they don't see it as its own literary tradition? I certainly believe in it as its own literary tradition, because your race plays a great factor in how you are seen by the world, and how you see the world; the fact that I'm an Asian American isn't incidental to who I am as a writer. Where it becomes difficult is defining what, if anything identifiable at all, makes an Asian American book an Asian American book, other than the fact of its creator being Asian. And I'd argue that there is nothing identifiable beyond that.”