Pearl Cleage
Pearl Cleage
Pearl Cleageis an African-American author whose work, both fiction and non-fiction, has been widely recognized. Her novel What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day was a 1998 Oprah Book Club selection. Cleage is known for her feminist views, particularly regarding her identity as an African-American woman. Cleage teaches drama at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth7 December 1948
CountryUnited States of America
sisterhood funny-things easy
Sisterhood is a funny thing. It's easy to recognize, but hard to define.
class lessons knows
you can't know the meaning of the lesson until class is over!
buddhist believe privacy
You know the Buddhists believe that sometimes when everything is in turmoil, it's because something wonderful is ready to be born and that thing is distracting you so it can have some privacy during the birthing process.
order want sometimes
Sometimes you have to show them what they want to see in order to get them to show you who they really are.
falling-in-love writing insane
I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act when we're falling in love.
snakes want gardener
You can't save a person who doesn't want to be saved. It was like Mr. Eddie always told the new gardeners: Everybody's got to kill their own snakes.
paris
I've never been to Paris. I don't like to fly!
character angel play
When I got to the end of this play, I realized I was trying to make Angel do something that had not been justified by the characters and by their story . . .. I kept trying to force it, but that doesn't work. So I had to come to terms with what it meant for me to create a character who doesn't triumph.
power thinking should-have
I think all negotiations should take place at a round table and everybody should have to rotate counterclockwise once an hour so that even the perception of head of the table, or foot, are ritually obliterated.
writing defeat fear-not
But it is the fear, not the writing that defeats me. Everything is not a masterpiece.
block writing thinking
Many times, what people call 'writer's block' is the confusion that happens when a writer has a great idea, but their writing skill is not up to the task of putting that idea down on paper. I think that learning the craft of writing is critical.
writing discipline paper
Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that.
loneliness coffee being-alone
Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music.
brother sex making-love
a lot of brothers don't understand. When it comes to making love, reciprocity is everything.