The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

I would be stupid not to be on my own side. But I'm a human being, too. And I'm on the side of human beings, rather than on the side of crocodiles.

Courage, I don't think anybody is born with courage. I think you may be born with a flair to braggadocio, you know. That's not courage.

Just because I am wheelchair-bound doesn't mean I don't get around.

Blacks concede that hurrawing, jibing, jiving, signifying, disrespecting, cursing, even outright insults might be acceptable under particular conditions, but aspersions cast against one's family call for immediate attack.

The most important thing is to DARE.