I can imagine in years to come that my papers and memorabilia, my journals and letters, will find themselves always in the… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Some people are painters, and some are ballet dancers, and I'm a writer. — 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
I come from somewhere and from specific black people in the South, including my parents, who built our first school, and rebuilt… — 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
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
If you don't have the ability or encouragement to use yourself in a physical way, you could become just another talking head.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I prefer to praise people and the world rather than criticize them and it. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts… — 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
Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself. — 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
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
Israel is guilty of apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and also in the Occupied Territories. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
You don't really stay attached to things. Life goes on, so you don't really sit around and think about how they are… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
It is chilling to think that the same people who persecuted the wise women and men of Europe, its midwives and healers,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Our problem mostly in our abuse of each other and the planet is greed. Just the rampant, incredible greed that people have… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
In South Korea, they believe that when you turn 60, you've become a baby again and the rest of your life should… — 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
