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.

It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays.

I'm not afraid to die. I'm looking forward to it. I know the Lord has His arms wrapped around this big sparrow.

I know the most terrible thing that can happen to a woman. That is the gang-up. Men put you to sleep with their drops and one man after another goes in and takes you.

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

Whenever I played Columbus, Ohio, I dropped in to see my close friend, a medium who had mysterious powers. Her Indian guide was Mohawk.

I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow.