Alice Walker

So many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is astounding. ”

I live on the West Coast of the United States, and yet the air that I breathe is sometimes the same air that was being breathed in China the day before. ”

It is important to remember yourself. ”

Some people are painters, and some are ballet dancers, and I'm a writer. ”

Fame' exhausts me. ”

It's very hard for our parents who see us enter a world that they can't imagine. ”

I don't have this feeling that 70 is really old. ”

I don't know if I've ever cared much what others think. ”

Women have to be extremely careful about choosing something that they consider an act of defiance that can really be used to further their enslavement. ”

It's an awful feeling to write something that you feel is really important... and to feel that you're being published by people who really don't get it and/or don't really care. ”