We can only know where we're going if we know where we've been.

I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was African-American and lived next door and went to the same church. Because then I wouldn't have to translate.

You dwell in whitened castles with deep and poisoned moats and cannot hear the curses which fill your children's throats.

In a magazine, one can get - from cover to cover - 15 to 20 different ideas about life and how to live it.

Don't let the man bring you down.

Sunday, if I'm lucky, I'll go to church or listen to some good spiritual advice on the television or on the radio. I take three or four baths to try to cleanse myself, so I'm fresh for Monday.

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.