I am really quite proud of most of the people I " know who have "made it," who do things to help people.

In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage- to know who we are and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness.

Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years.

I am really quite proud of most of the people I " know who have "made it," who do things to help people.

In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are and where we came from.

My parents were teachers and they went out of their way to see to it that I had books. We grew up in a home that was full of books. And so I learned to read. I loved to read.

Racism and hatred are synonymous.