“One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work...” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Quote

“One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work hard, play by the rules, we do start back a little ways, but if we can be twice as good, somehow we can escape history and heritage and legacy.”

“Donald Trump begins his political career in birtherism. That idea is connected to a very, very old notion that African-Americans are not citizens.”

“Outside of hip-hop, it was in comics that I most often found the aesthetics and wisdom of my world reflected.”

“People are always selling the idea that people with mental illness are suffering. I think madness can be an escape. If things are not so good, you maybe want to imagine something better.”

“Nobody escapes age and gravity.”

“One of the reasons that I think I do love to write is because I did have a difficult childhood and not so great teenage years. It always helped me escape from my problems.”