My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that what I say is the truth.

I'm a descendant of someone bought and sold, and brought in 1619 in what was to become the United States.

If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.

The difference between charity and philanthropy is the distance of the soul... To be philanthropic is to give something, to be charitable is to give one's own heart.

The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.

Faith is the evidence of the unseen.

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.