I don’t think of myself as a writer who happens to be black. I think of myself as a black writer.

过去是一个如影随形的阴影，无论我们跑得多快。

"I write to expose myself, to understand myself."

"In the silence between words, the truth often lies hidden."

I didn't think I was ever going to get a sensible question.

He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.

We have a responsibility, every one of us. We may think we live a long way from the oceans, but we don't. What we actually do here, has a direct effect on the oceans—and what the oceans do then reflects back on us.