You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use that anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it.

When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams and excitement and ideas. I am then weakened and diminished, and made less rich.

All knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.

Money and power can liberate only if they are used to do so. They can imprison and inhibit more finally than barred windows and iron chains.

Dr. [Martin Luther] King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

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