"There are only a few stories that I've ever wanted to tell…I wanted to record our lives so they wouldn't be lost. I d…"

"As a woman, I was very much influenced by the Japanese culture. My saving grace is that my mother was an extremely st…"

"I am an American writer. I’m not a white American, but I’m writing American stories."

"Imaro exploded. "Why do men fight like starving lions over yellow metal and let valuable cattle go?""

"There are things in one's thoughts sometimes, particularly upon humorous themes, that can not be put with near as muc…"

"For we Americans, though we are the most restless race in the world, with the possible exception of the Bedouins, alm…"

"Chicago is stupefying. It knows no rules, and I know none by which to judge it. It stands apart from all the cities i…"

"Kansas used to believe in Populism and free silver. It now believes in hot summers and a hot hereafter."

"It was a Native Son who, when asked by an Englishman, visiting the United States for the first time, to name the Seve…"

"Three millions yearly for manure, But not one cent for literature."