Nikki Giovanni Quotes

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three p...

I'm told by my young friends that experience is much more important than books. Of course Ben Frankl...

The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be...

and everybody was happy that uncle lee was able to get that scholarship even though you wondered whe...

we used to talk all nightand do things alone togetherand i’ve begun(as a reaction to a feeling)to ba...

i move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't.

The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity.

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I d...

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you sh...

I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People...

His headstone saidFREE AT LAST, FREE AT LASTBut death is a slave's freedomWe seek the freedom of fre...

We love because it's the only true adventure.

We love because it is the only true adventure.

Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they g...

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

the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by.

It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.

I appreciate my my sleep In sleep my conversation is witty My home is dusted My office work is up t...

Today I am 65 years old. I still look good. I appreciate and enjoy my age. A lot of people resist tr...

I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk ...

Writers don't write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don't. ...If you ...

Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we can’t drive, we will invent walks and the wor...

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrac...

and sometimes I sitdown at my typewriterand I thinknot of someonecause there isn't anyoneto thinkabo...

If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.

I move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't.