Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.

The boys think they can all be athletes, and the girls think they can all be singers. That's the way to fame and success. ...as a group blacks must give up their illusions.

When you get up in the morning, you merely put on your clothes. When a colored man gets up in the morning, he puts on his armor.

Writing is harder than anything else; at least starting to write is.

I marvel at the many ways we, as black people, bend but do not break in order to survive. This astonishes me, and what excites me I write about. Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.

Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.

...I have wanted to believe people could make their dreams come truethat problems could be solved. However, this is a national illness. As Americans, we believe all problems can be solved, that all questions have answers.