Quotes from Amanda Gorman

I think it made me all that much stronger of a writer when you have to teach yourself how to say words from scratch.

As a public poet, people often don't see the reality of my life.

Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.

There is always light. If only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it."

I think we run into issues when our online brands are not rooted in who we are, and I think we need to have explicit discussions with ourselves about who we want to be, what we want to represent, and how we want to express that.

I am the daughter of Black writers who are descended from Freedom Fighters who broke their chains and changed the world. They call me.

But as for the future, I foresee a world which is more creative, more open, more loving, more ecologically friendly, more honest about its history and progress, and I think a lot of those contributions will be made by young people.

I'm a student at Harvard University, and currently work as the United States Youth Poet Laureate, a community organizer, and an activist.

My speech impediment wasn't a stutter but it was dropping several letters that I just could not say for several years, most specifically the 'r' sound.