American - Poet | April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014
When I write, I tend to twist my hair. Something for my small mind to do, I guess.
Maya Angelou
MindHairSmallWriteSomething
I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind.
MindThinkSayFictionHappened
I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English.
BeautifulMeSpeakMoreEnglish
Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it's right, it's easy. It's the other way round, too. If it's slovenly written, then it's hard to read. It doesn't give the reader what the careful writer can give the reader.
WritingReadingEasyDamnWayRight
I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.
MusicThinkExistenceI Think
If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity.
FunnyLaughDieYouPersonPossible
I don't know how much longer I'll be around. I'll probably be writing when the Lord says, 'Maya, Maya Angelou, it's time.'
TimeWritingKnowLordMuchHow
I'm interested in women's health because I'm a woman. I'd be a darn fool not to be on my own side.
WomenHealthWomanFoolMy OwnOwn
Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break if ever I put my foot down on that soil, moist, still, with old hurts. I had to face the fear/loathing at its source or it would consume me whole.
HeartPeopleMeFaceBlackDown
That's the biggest gift I can give anybody: 'Wake up, be aware of who you are, what you're doing and what you can do to prevent yourself from becoming ill.'
YourselfWake UpGiftDoingYouUp
I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.
ExperienceI AmSpeakBlackTalking
I would be stupid not to be on my own side. But I'm a human being, too. And I'm on the side of human beings, rather than on the side of crocodiles.
StupidMy OwnHumanHuman BeingOwn
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