Quotes By Nikki Giovanni

If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.

For most of my life, I've thought of myself as pretty cool.

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.

There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.