To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

Accept that environment compromises values far more than values do their number on environment.

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.

I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life.

Forgiveness works two ways, in most instances. People have to forgive themselves too. The powerful have to forgive themselves for their behavior. That should be a sacred process.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.