858 Quotes by Alice Walker

I’m sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power.

Laughter isn’t even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth.

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it’s wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.

Listen, God loves everything you love, and a mess of stuff you don’t.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am ‘known for’ is what I am.

The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that’s who She thinks we all are.

Who am I to tell her who to love? My job just to love her good and true myself. P. 237.

It’s so important to unclutter the mind. For me, creativity is greatly impeded just by the chatter and visual clutter of life. It’s really important to have a space that is really clear for whatever is emerging to come.

As you know from school, it’s when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you’ve done your best.