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.

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.

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

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.

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.