Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're not less than anybody else.

Good health is a duty to yourself, to your contemporaries, to your inheritors, to the progress of the world.

It is brave to be involved

One reason cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.

To be in love Is to touch things with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well.

I've always thought of myself as a reporter. When people ask why I don't stop writing, I say, `Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to write about.’ With all that's going on, how could I stop?

Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.