"To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time."

"People who believe that they are white, and act on that belief, have to remain in a state of moral arrest."

"I am not a category. I am a writer."

"The people who hurt you are not better than you. They are just luckier."

"When you're trying to destroy a human being, it's very important to tell him that he's a nigger."