I've come to see that I'm saying something that people generally do not want to hear.

I didn't think of myself as an outsider because of my race because... where I grew up I was the same race as almost everyone else... It is true that I noticed things that no one else seemed to notice. And I think only people who are outsiders do this.

I suppose you could say I love outlaw American culture.

None of us seem to think that we should draw a line under what would be a satisfactory amount of wealth.

A piece of cloth that is called "linen" has more validity than calling you and me "black" or "negro." "Cotton" has more validity as cotton than yours and my being "black."

I am not aware of anything below my neck. I live completely in my head.

I'm sometimes afraid I'll cross a line and it'll be difficult to come back, say, to dinner.