I started out as a poet. I've always been a poet since I was 7 or 8. And so I feel myself to be fundamentally a poet who got into writing novels. Alice Walker More Quotes by Alice Walker More Quotes From Alice Walker The Congo is really beautiful. People correct me and say, "Oh, you mean the Democratic Republic of the Congo." Well, fine. But, the land there, the landscape is extraordinary. It's big lakes and beautiful hills and trees. Alice Walker lakes beautiful mean Curiosity is my natural state and has led me headlong into every worthwhile experience (never mind the others) I have ever had. Alice Walker curiosity natural mind Dear God...I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me. Alice Walker dear-god girl giving My life is not to be somebody else's impact - you know what I mean? Alice Walker impact life-is mean Every time I conjure up a rock, I throw it. Alice Walker rocks In the far upper corner of my altar is a photo of Joan Crawford in her most fierce Mommy Dearest mode, just to remind me of some of the cost of everyone's hard-earned sweetness and light. Alice Walker fierce cost light In our particular society, it is the narrowed and narrowing view of life that often wins. Alice Walker particular views winning I come from somewhere and from specific black people in the South, including my parents, who built our first school, and rebuilt it after it was burned to the ground. And they used to bake pies and cakes to raise money to keep it going. So, I learned to struggle from a very early way in a way that was truly indigenous to the South. Alice Walker struggle people school I feel like to be where you need to be - where you know you need to be - is such a high. What could be better? Alice Walker knows feels needs In every life there comes a point when you have to make a decision about how you will live. Alice Walker decision You can't truly have an open heart until it's been broken. Alice Walker open-heart broken heart I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America. Alice Walker mean america thinking Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart. Alice Walker expect-nothing wish heart There's an ecstatic side to writing. It's like jazz. It just has a life. Alice Walker jazz sides writing I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power. Alice Walker jokes people Drew Dellinger is a deep and courageous poet. How lucky we are! Alice Walker courageous poet lucky Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth. Alice Walker laughter tears suffering Those in power must spend a lot of their time laughing at us. Alice Walker laughing But it ain't easy, trying to do without God even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain Alice Walker without-god easy trying What gardening teaches us is that if you plant things, they'll come up. But you have to be willing to wait for them to bear fruit because things are seasonal. Alice Walker gardening fruit waiting
