Author: Ishmael Reed

Quotes

I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor.

I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor.

- Ishmael Reed

Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art.

Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art.

- Ishmael Reed

Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs.

Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs.

- Ishmael Reed

Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination.

Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination.

- Ishmael Reed

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