The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong.

My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.

I don't really have the luxury to be bitter. I don't have the luxury of having negative things in my life.

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.

I would walk into the Carnegie Library and I would see the pictures of Booker T. and pictures of Frederick Douglass and I would read. I would go into the Savannah Public Libraries in the stacks and see all of the newspapers from all over the country. Did I dream that I would be on the Supreme Court? No. But I dreamt that there was a world out there that was worth pursuing.

I was smart enough to use pot without getting caught, and now I'm on the Supreme Court. If you were stupid enough to get caught, that's your problem. Your appeal is denied. This 40 year sentence just might teach you a lesson.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.