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'm very disappointed in Barack Obama. I was very much in support of him in the beginning, but I cannot support war.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Some colored people so scared of whitefolks they claim to love the cotton gin. — 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
I love my own culture. I love my African-American culture very deeply, and I know it deserves to be honored. You have… — 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
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
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
Once you feel loved by the universe, you're already accepted, and you're not really concerned about offending people. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Many people are aware that we are in peril and that there is no trustworthy leadership. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I cry so much less than I used to. I used to be one of the most teary people. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I feel very happy to be living in Berkeley because there are a lot of people who are politically active here. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
People are called 'stars' not only because they shine... because the qualities they exemplify are... eternal. We are attracted to their sparkle,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I think many people in my community had very different kinds of mothers: they had mothers who acquiesced in the system of… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
You really can't be a good artist if you can't say what you really feel. And people may be offended, but, you… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Odinary people don't have a feeling of being loved by the people who manage to get into positions of leadership. They get… — 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
I'm entirely interested in people, and also other creatures and beings, but especially in people, and I tend to read them by… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“Why aren't you happy in America, if everyone there drives motorcars?” — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“She saw poetry where other writers merely saw failure to cope with English.” — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
