Twenty-five years is a long time for a girl to live out of a trunk, and after looking over a few houses, I fell in love with one in Southwest Los Angeles.

There had been lots of crises in my life. And there was plenty of spunk and battle cry still left in me.

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

There's no hypocrisy in Hell's Kitchen.

There is a certain type of white Southerner who respects certain Negro individuals.

I never accepted the idea that I was all through. I guess no person who has once been a star can do that, ever.