Nikki Giovanni

“We love because it is the only true adventure.”

“Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.”

“Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.”

“Writers don't write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don't. ...If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.”

“Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.”

“If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.”