Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops.

I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the New Testament. I love the Beatitudes, informing us that the meek shall inherit the earth.

At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.

I believe in living a poetic life, an art full life. Everything we do from the way we raise our children to the way we welcome our friends is part of a large canvas we are creating.

Life loves the liver of it. You must live and life will be good to you.