Bell Hooks

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became a movement with its primary goal the establishment of black male patriarchy.

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.

I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and what that means for us in a world that's becoming increasingly xenophobic, tortured by fundamentalism and nationalism.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.