“Pittsburgh is a very hard city, especially if you're black.” — August Wilson

I just write stuff down and pile it up, and when I get enough stuff, I spread it out and look at it and figure out how to use it.

I didn't always value the ways black people talked. I thought, in order to make art out of it, you had to change it.

The exact day I became a poet was April 1, 1965, the day I bought my first typewriter.

I think of dying every day... At a certain age, you should be prepared to go at any time.