I found that a couple of bottles of beer would give me a lift, but the third bottle would sober me up.

My aunts lived on liquor and seldom felt like eating much. I don't know what's wrong about a kid stealing when he's hungry.

My father came back one day and forced my mother to submit to him. He raped her, holding a knife.

We miss a lot in life because we don't know when to quit, what to leave out.

Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show.

I found that a couple of bottles of beer would give me a lift, but the third bottle would sober me up.

I never felt I belonged. I was always an outsider.