A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

I knew what it was to be uncomfortable in a movie theater watching unfolding on the screen images of myself - not me, but black people - that were uncomfortable.

As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.

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

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.

My autobiography was simply the story of my life.