So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden.

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

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

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

I lived in a country where I couldn't live where I wanted to live. I lived in a country where I couldn't go where I wanted to eat. I lived in a country where I couldn't get a job, except for those put aside for people of my colour or caste.