Alice Walker

I have such respect for 'Democracy Now!' ”

My interest in creating anything is that it be useful. ”

I used to meditate all the time in bed. That was when I was raising my daughter, and I'd get her up and off to school, and then I would go back to bed and meditate. And then I would do the same in the evening, and that was very good for that period because I had so many things to juggle as a single mother. ”

I was brought up to try to see what was wrong and right it. Since I am a writer, writing is how I right it. ”

It's a tragedy, in a way, that Americans are brought up to think that they cannot feel for other people and other beings just because they are different. They think they're different. It's very limiting. ”

Part of what confuses people in times of upheaval is that you're getting so many different points of view and directions and so and so, how to do this and do that. And a lot of it is written in a language that honestly most people cannot understand. ”

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly. ”

War contributes greatly to global warming, which shouldn't surprise us. All those bombs going off, all those rockets, all those planes and helicopters. All that fuel of various kinds being used. It pollutes the air and water of this very fragile and interconnected planet. ”

Meditation has been a loyal friend to me. It has helped me write my books. ”

This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy. ”