It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.

If the word 'integration' means anything, this is what it means that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it.

I think white gay people feel cheated because they were born, in principle, in a society in which they were supposed to be safe. The anomaly of their sexuality puts them in danger, unexpectedly.

Whatever you describe to another person is also a revelation of who you are and who you think you are. You can not describe anything without betraying your point of view, your aspirations, your fears, your hopes. Everything.

You don't need numbers; you need passion, and this is proven by the history of the world!

I often wonder what I'd do if there weren't any books in the world.

History is not a procession of illustrious people. It's about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.