I learned early in life not to judge others. We outcasts are very happy and content to leave that job to our social superiors.

Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners.

I don't care to dress up except when it is necessary or good for my business.

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

Asking what I considered an impossible salary when I didn't want to work for someone has boosted my pay again and again.

I had a probing mind and an elephant memory.

I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out.