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Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone.

I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.

I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.

There are not many roles where women are really active.

The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character.

You have to be committed to expand rights and opportunities for all women.

I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really; maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith.

It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women.

There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players.

Women are responsible for creating their own roles.