Every December, I host a tree-trimming party. I serve chili with cornbread and lots of good wine. It's a wonderful party, and it shows how much... →
Maya Angelou
I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a good Buddhist... →
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
On Saturday afternoons when all the things are done in the house and there's no real work to be done, I play Bach and Chopin and turn it up real... →
Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on... →
Of course, there are those critics - New York critics as a rule - who say, 'Well, Maya Angelou has a new book out and of course it's good but... →
I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The... →
It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a... →
And if a person is religious, I think it's good, it helps you a bit. But if you're not, at least you can have the sense that there is a... →
I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only all right, I was just right, so I believe that my... →