James Baldwin

It is not a question of whether we will be free, but how we will use our freedom.

I am not interested in being a symbol. I am interested in being a human being.

The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers.

You have to go the way your blood beats. If you don't, you won't live long.

The most crucial time in my own life was when I realized that I was not unique.

It is a terrible thing to see a human being so afraid.

One of the things that I think makes me a good writer is that I'm a good listener.

The world is full of people who are trying to find themselves.

I think the only way to be a writer is to be a human being.

The great difficulty is to stay open to the possibility of change.

The world is not a safe place, but it is a place where we can learn to be ourselves.