In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia.

Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype.

Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.

So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year and then those mute years continued until I got to high school.

You weren't going to the theatre to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings of the world.

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don’t know how I can ever express my gratitude for that because my parents would have been a mess.

You don't build a bond without being present.