Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelouwas an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells of her...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth4 April 1928
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.
I'm just like you - I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it. And I'm trying to be a Christian. I'm always amazed when people walk up to me and say, 'I'm a Christian.' I always think, 'Already? You've already got it?' I'm working at it. And at my age, I'll still be working at it at 96.
I want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine... before she realizes she's reading.
If you want what you're saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody's life. Your own, first.
I was married a few times, and one of my husbands was jealous of me writing.
Bitterness is cancer - it eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure.
Those of us who have gathered here, ... we owe something from this minute on, so this gathering is not just another footnote on the pages of history.
You did then what you knew how to do, And when you knew better, You did better.
If you're going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can't be erased.
No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again and bring the dawn.
It is not the answer you look for that makes you strong. It's the ways that you take that define who you are and what you can do.
He loved her. ... she can be talking to me about regular things but when she mentions Martin, her voice always falls a little bit and you can sense the intimacy. ... The sweetness of that relationship was always evident.
Look at my life. I'm floating like mercury around the earth. My footprints shine with stardust. All because I love you. All because you love me.
I was thinking about that, about the journeys in the film, journey to the roots, journey to the heart. We're all on journeys.