I'm going to quit writing.

I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.

If you apologize because you are afraid, then you are a child not a man.

I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant... I had never been so described as Florida described me.

I don't very often read novels.

Of all my father's teachings, the most enduring was the one about the true measure of a man. That true measure was how well he provided for his children, and it stuck with me as if it were etched in my brain.

Racism is very painful. That's life. It never ends.