Quotes by Stanley Williams

“[In his book] Gangs and Violence, ... We started the Crips to protect ourselves and our families from other gangs. We used violence against their violence. But starting the Crips only made things worse.”

“Prison is a place where grown men have gone insane. It is a place where men have been killed and where some have even killed themselves. Prison is hell. This I know, ... Life in Prison.”

“In prison, violence is like an active volcano -- it can erupt at any time. Violence can come from someone you hardly know, or even from someone who is very close to you. You can have a friend today, and tomorrow he can become your No. 1 enemy. Its crazy in here, ... Life in Prison.”

“For me, August Wilson is the person who made it appear that I had a place in the American theater. For the first time, I felt I actually saw characters that I knew, that spoke my language and had my stories and could express them in the riffs of blues and jazz.”

“I look at his work and I not only see my stories, but it becomes clear to me that these are stories of the human experience, regardless of ethnicity. It makes the stage so much bigger for me. I think his plays will resonate across time.”

“My Girl.”

“The Stanley Williams case is about a man who has done what I think is the most important thing a man can do in this country, and that is reach out to the youth of this country with books, with tapes ...,”

“They would try at every turn to discredit me, but I was game,”

“If its my time to be executed, whats all the ranting and raving going to do?”

“The only thing that I was doing was destroying my own kind,”