Nikki Giovanni Quotes - Page 8

The job of the architect becomes more difficult in this secular age. Where once he had a god to extol, he now has humans like himself; where once he had "he," he now has "she" and "they.

I prefer her [Nina Simone's] jazz period much more so than her folk period.

We just didn't put any pressure on each other, and I think that everybody needs somebody, and I didn't do it to try to do it; it's what we [with Nina Simone] were to each other.

The future is in good hands.

School should be eleven months of the year.

I was responding to one thing for the woman I knew, and there's another thing for what did she give, right. She [Nina Simone] was a great teacher.

and sometimes I sit down at my typewriter and I think not of someone cause there isn't anyone to think about and i wonder is it worth it

A lot is yet to be enjoyed. I'd like to stomp grapes for wine. Go to Antarctica. Have dinner with Venus Williams who is the greatest tennis player ever.

I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings.

Young people coming up who are having difficulty with their so-called celebrity need to get back into their lives. It's your life and you can't let the fact that you do something pretty good take away the joy of it.

I always like summer best

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

And you will understand all too soon That you, my children of battle, are your heroes

You're only as good as your last book.

God knows it's a sign of a really sick mind to see grown people, adults with responsibilities, wearing class rings.

Most of my books are a two-year project. I tend to follow my heart and my mind and research materials where they take me.

Black Poetry is not for Black People...it is for everybody

If I can't do what I want to do, then my job is to not do what I want to do. It's not the same thing, but it's the best thing I can do.

[To write poems] I think it's important to do research, and research mostly is going to come from books, so all of your reading is potentially helpful to your poetry.