I felt in Georgia and on the east coast generally very squeezed. People have so many hang-ups about how other people live their lives. People always want to keep you in a little box or they need to label you and fix you in time and location. I feel a greater fluidity here. People are much more willing to accept that nothing is permanent, everything is changeable so there is freedom and I do need to live where I can be free.


On living in California, as quoted in "A long walk to freedom" in The Guardian (25 February 2001).

The Guardian Interview: Alice Walker

Alice Walker Quotes

I felt in Georgia and on the east coast generally very squeezed. People have so many hang-ups about how other people live their lives. People always...

I felt in Georgia and on the east coast generally very squeezed. People have so many hang-ups about how other people live their lives. People always...

I felt in Georgia and on the east coast generally very squeezed. People have so many hang-ups about how other people live their lives. People always...

I felt in Georgia and on the east coast generally very squeezed. People have so many hang-ups about how other people live their lives. People always...