On being a black woman:

You learn not to depend on anything.... You get into a habit of surviving.


Interview. New York Times (May 3, 1981)


You learn not to depend on anything.... You get into a habit of surviving.

You learn not to depend on anything.... You get into a habit of surviving.

You learn not to depend on anything.... You get into a habit of surviving.

You learn not to depend on anything.... You get into a habit of surviving.