Long before I was a success, my parents made me feel like I could be one.

If a Negro got legs he ought to use them. Sit down too long, somebody will figure out a way to tie them up.

I have the wonderful pleasure of finishing the book and closing it. And I don't read them later.

We read about how Ajax and Achilles will die for each other, but very little about the friendship of women.

It's bliss when you give up all that stuff that separates you from other human beings. It's hard, but you break down all that stuff.

I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man.

When you stiffen, you know that whatever you stiffen about is very important. The stuff is important, the fear itself is information.