The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.

Sometimes you can gradually improve things. But sometimes, they don't work, and you've just got to just say: Let's grind this baby to a halt.

Don't waste a single second. Just move forward as fast as you can, and go for it.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone.

I write for young girls of color, for girls who don't even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they arrive. I can only change how they live, not how they think.