In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate. – Toni Morrison
The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body can handle it, not after 40, when the income can handle it. – Toni Morrison
There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people. – Toni Morrison
Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war. – Toni Morrison
Its a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you dont have to work, you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own. – Julian Schnabel