I didn't know it was possible to be successful as a writer, so I wasn't afraid to fail.

On their way to freedom, some people find riches, some people find death.

The people who invented race, who grouped us together as "black," were inventing and categorizing their ability to do something vicious and wrong.

Habit gives endurance, and fatigue is the best night cap.

Sometimes when someone says something stupid, my friends and I just read the reviews out loud and collapse with laughter at the stupidity of it all.

The African-American is often used, and has conspired with the rest of America to be used, as a diversion from America's problems. I wish African-Americans would stop contributing to this sideshow. I also wish all African-Americans would cease to sing and dance just for a generation. I think we provide too much entertainment.

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."