Pearl Cleage Quotes
Top 34 wise famous quotes and sayings by Pearl Cleage
Pearl Cleage Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Pearl Cleage on Wise Famous Quotes.
Sometimes you have to show them what they want to see in order to get them to show you who they really are.
When you're writing first person, all I can see and tell as the author is what that main character can see.
Denzel Washington is a big Hollywood movie star now. But he started out as an actor in the Negro Ensemble company.
Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that.
I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act when we're falling in love.
You can't save a person who doesn't want to be saved. It was like Mr. Eddie always told the new gardeners: Everybody's got to kill their own snakes.
When you're young, there's a whole lot of stuff you say you'll never do. Once you get a little older, the list tends to get shorter.
I didn't have a dream of being a press secretary, I had a dream of being a playwright; I had a dream of being a novelist and a poet.
I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.
As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.
Feminism is to sexism what black nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem.
I've always loved the '40s romantic comedies and the idea of those mistaken identities and lovers' misunderstandings.
If you don't annoy your big sister for no good reason from time to time, she thinks you don't love her anymore.
If I had to name one book that has had the most lasting influence on my work, I would pick 'The Big Sea' by Langston Hughes.