I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
It's a tragedy, in a way, that Americans are brought up to think that they cannot feel for other people and other… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
When I was 18, I went to the Soviet Union. I kept hearing that America was planning to bomb them - lots… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I think that wealthy white people would like to have a country that resembles the Fifties, when all the minorities were tucked… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
It's an awful feeling to write something that you feel is really important... and to feel that you're being published by people… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
People really had a problem with my disinterest in submission. They had a problem with my intellect, and they had a problem… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I just think cities are unnatural, basically. I know there are people who live happily in them, and I have cities that… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The Congo is really beautiful. People correct me and say, "Oh, you mean the Democratic Republic of the Congo." Well, fine. But,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
In a way, no matter who's in charge of the corporation that the United States is, the direction in which it is… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
At one point I learned transcendental meditation. This was 30-something years ago. It took me back to the way that I naturally… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Yoga means to bind back, unite. To bring the body and the soul together. For this reason the practice of yoga is… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“We are a people. A people do not throw their geniuses away. And if they are thrown away, it is our duty… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
What I've seen from keeping in touch as well as I can is that what I find so typical in Mexican culture… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
We're going to have to debunk the myth that Africa is a heaven for black people -- especially black women. We've been… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
She was so quiet. So reflective. And she could erase herself, her spirit, with a swiftness that truly startled, when she knew… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows - pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music...… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
After all, how can a society flourish, a country attain democracy and health, children grow into intelligent beings, sensitive to the needs… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
It's almost unbelievable where we are as a planet because people have been so afraid of rocking the boat, of putting forth… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
What I am really interested in is that I want people to be thinking in other ways - to stop thinking they… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Whenever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. I have been helped, supported, encouraged… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
A people do not throw their geniuses away. And if they are thrown away, it is our duty as artists and as… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor. — Alice Walker Copy Share
Just be what it is that you are, and that is just fine. You don't have to be what you're not in any way.… — Alice Walker Copy Share
“Remember this-- say it & know it is true: Alice loves me Alice loves me and I am not blamed for this. ... she… — Alice Walker Copy Share
“She saw poetry where other writers merely saw failure to cope with English.” — Alice Walker Copy Share
My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them. — Alice Walker Copy Share
Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be… — Alice Walker Copy Share
“As others might prepare for an exam whose subject matter is unknown to them, so I must study, cram, for every conversation with my… — Alice Walker Copy Share
My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending… — Alice Walker Copy Share
Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original God: the… — Alice Walker Copy Share
The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that's who She thinks we all… — Alice Walker Copy Share
Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically. — Alice Walker Copy Share
All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my… — Alice Walker Copy Share
