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
“First time I got the full sight of Shug Avery long black body with it black plum nipples, look like her mouth,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“She got a long pointed nose and big fleshy mouth. Lips look like black plum. Eyes big, glossy. Feverish. And mean. Like,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I can easily imagine Obama sitting down and talking to any leader - or any person - in the world, with no… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
You know, one race will not be a survivor if the other one dies, and that's something that we should think about. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
In my opinion and experience, imperialists of all nations and races will tell us anything to keep us fighting. For them. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“The defeat that had frightened her in the faces of black men was the defeat of black forever defined by white.” — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Hard times' is a phrase the English love to use, when speaking of Africa. And it is easy to forget that Africa's… — 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
