Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.

Quote by Alice Walker

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No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for...

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for...

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all...

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all...

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it...

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it...

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is...

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is...

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get...

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get...

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a...

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a...

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for...

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for...

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of...

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of...

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television...

I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television...

Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life.

Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life.

Television is Democracy at it's ugliest.

Television is Democracy at it's ugliest.