[My] Books are like puppies and children: you love each one for different reasons. I don't actually have a favorite because, if… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I wish that she had had a black loon because I don't think that Nina [Simone] did. I have always had -… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I think we're always in love. It's that simple. And it's important to remember that love doesn't have anything to do with… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I do not understand why any poet or writer would run for office; that's a different sense of who you are. I'm… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
America may not be the best nation on earth, but it has conceived loftier ideals and dreamed higher dreams than any other… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Everyone understands that love comes in many different packages and is used in many different ways. You cannot love beyond your years,… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Being Black and poor is, I think, radically different from being anything else and poor. Poor, to most Blacks, is a state… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am a big fan of the electronic book. I hate to see the old bookstores close, but they have to reinvent… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
You do what you can with what you have. You have to work the edges whatever they are. The main thing is keeping your… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away- — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.... — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Young people coming up who are having difficulty with their so-called celebrity need to get back into their lives. It's your life and you… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and i told him i’m gonna beat out my own rhythm — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image