Is this how you repay my goodness--with badness?” cried the boy. “Of course,” said the crocodile out of the corner of his mouth. “That is the way of the world.

Never completely encircle your enemy. Leave him some escape, for he will fight even more desperately if trapped.

Raw, naked truth exchanged between the black man and the white man is what a whole lot more of is needed in this country - to clear the air of the racial mirages, cliches, and lies that this country's very atmosphere has been filled with for four hundred years.

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

I can't feel Irish to save my soul, but it's a fact.

Most of the things that are asked of me as a representative black person, would suggest never are we equal Americans.

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