the first step in claiming yourself is anger. You get mad. And you can't do anything before you get angry. And I recommend getting very angry to everyone, anyone.

It is true that our skin is sort of more or less the same shade. But is it true that our skin color makes us a distinctive race? No.

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

I write a lot in my head. The revision goes on internally. It's not spontaneous and it doesn't have a schedule.

But no longer could I aks God what to do, since the answer, I was sure, would not suit me. I could do what suited me know, as long as I could pay for it. 'As long as I could pay for it.' That phrase soon became the tail that wagged my dog. If I had died then, it should have been my epigraph.

Writing is not a profession. It's a calling. It's almost holy.

I'm always telling my students go to law school or become a doctor, do something, and then write. First of all you should have something to write about, and you only have something to write about if you do something.