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
brother sex making-love
a lot of brothers don't understand. When it comes to making love, reciprocity is everything.
loneliness solitude ritual
Loneliness is random; solitude is ritual.
school responsibility thinking
I think the black community is no different from any other community. We need to take responsibility for how we live together. We need to be personally responsible for keeping our streets clean, our schools safe, and our houses peaceful.
people african-american energy
As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.
paris
I've never been to Paris. I don't like to fly!
men good-man kind
Any time your life is at stake and you can't find even one woman to come forward and say, 'This is a good man,' your problem isn't what kind of woman THEY are. Your problem is what kind of men YOU are.
unique thinking people
I think that theater is a unique way to communicate with people as they gather together with other people they may not even know. It creates a sense of shared community for the time of the performance that hopefully carries over into other aspects of the audience's life because they have shared this experience together.
class lessons knows
you can't know the meaning of the lesson until class is over!
sisterhood funny-things easy
Sisterhood is a funny thing. It's easy to recognize, but hard to define.
fabulous force forces-of-nature
Vera Stark is a fabulous force of nature.
stuff lists littles
When you're young, there's a whole lot of stuff you say you'll never do. Once you get a little older, the list tends to get shorter.
old-habits impossible break
old habits are hard to break, but not impossible!
flower believe home
Buying flowers is not just a way to bring home beauty. It's an expression of confidence that better days are coming. It's a defiant finger in the face of those naysayers who would have you believe your fortunes will never improve.
knowing problem possibility
the problem with knowing is that it takes away the possibility of pretending!