Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake.
I am a glutton for tranquility.
I'm not sure I'm trying to communicate a message. I'm just trying to be part of the movement away from the unacceptable present.
The writer is the visionary of his people... He anticipates, he warns.
Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
I'm an Afro-realist. I take what comes, and I do my best to affect what is unacceptable in society.