The older we get the less afraid we are.

In America, it is difficult to be your own man.

There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions.

If the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them, however difficult that may be.

True 'joy' is the difference between just amusing ourselves to death and creating 'meaningful' pleasure.

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.