Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority, and accountability their direction

You can delegate authority, but not responsibility

People think responsibility is hard to bear. It's not. I think that sometimes it is the absence of responsibility that is harder to bear. You have a great feeling of impotence

Entitlement and privelege corrupt

But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There's a song that says, the time ain't long. That song is right. Something has got to change in America—and change soon. We must help that change to come

I try to live what I consider a poetic existence. That means I take responsibility for the air I breathe and the space I take up. I try to be immediate, to be totally present for all my work.