Think about all that we've lost that has been said orally because nobody was taking it down. I feel very fortunate to live in a time where we have so many different voices. We have a much richer literature than we've ever had, and we can know America so much better.

It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Better immersion than to live untouched.

I know that I haven’t powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who creates.

Time granted does not necessarily coincide with time that can be most fully used.

I very much dislike the word "race," and I never use it. I use the word "racist." Race is not a fact. There is only one race: human. Skin color is less than 2 percent of the DNA.

Not to have an audience is a kind of death.

Better mankind born without mouths and stomachs than always to worry about money to buy, to shop, to fix, to cook, to wash, to clean.