It's an hour during the week where you can just slow down.

The way to succeed is never quit. Thats it. But really be humble about it.

The way to succeed is never quit. That's it. But really be humble about it. ... You start out lowly and humble and you carefully try to learn an accretion of little things that help you get there.

The anti-blackness has generated new forms of youth involvement in anti-whiteness, which in some cases is appalling.

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

You're always being judged. No matter what you do, it's not the right thing. If you didn't become successful, then you'd be pointed at as one of those creatures down their who didn't take advantage of this or that, who didn't climb and rise and so forth.

That's what happens with writing. Ingredients bubble and cook. Material becomes substance.