Alice Childress
Alice Childress
Alice Childresswas an American playwright, actor, and author, acknowledged as "the only African-American woman to have written, produced, and published plays for four decades." Childress described her writing as trying to portray the have-nots in a have society, saying: "My writing attempts to interpret the 'ordinary' because they are not ordinary Each human is uniquely different. Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvellously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex...
life-is-short way be-kind
Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave - and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.
patterns action problem
Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex and, too often, silently borne.
cancer believe racism
I believe racism has killed more people than speed, heroin, or cancer, and will continue to kill until it is no more.
feminist should feels
Some feminists feel that a woman should never be wrong. We have a right to be wrong.
winning order laughing
Writers are encouraged to "keep 'em laughing" and complain "with good humor" in order to "win" allies. The joke is always on ourselves.
anger mad water
I was so mad you could have boiled a pot of water on my head.
fighting men kind
It's a poor kind of man that won't fight for his own freedom.
creative patterns
It becomes almost second nature to be on guard against the creative pattern of our own thought.
kindness thinking matter
I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep matter.
nourishment
Some truth has no nourishment in it.