If you have, give. If you learn, teach.

I never had that feeling that I had to carry the weight of somebody's ignorance around with me. And that was true for racists who wanted to use the 'n' word when talking about me or about my people, or the stupidity of people who really wanted to belittle other folks because they weren't pretty or they weren't rich or they weren't clever.

Having courage does not mean we are unafraid.

Try to live your life in a way that you will not regret years of useless virtue and inertia and timidity.

Age is nothing; waking up is everything.

I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind.

I think I know that I deserve better. And so I try for better. I'm never so put off that I would ever walk out of a place not having tried the best I could.