I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.

Forever in your arms Is where I want to be Holding you close Within the space That once held only me... Forever in your warmth The place for me and you I feel the sun Our life's just begun I know you feel it too

And what I was feeling was the wonder Of being more than me, of being more Than mere here and now allowed I had become a shining star, a burning nova Exploded with love Flying through an endlessly Expanding universe Away from the me that was Toward a me that is beyond Understanding.

Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.

The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with excellence?

I wrote for magazines. I wrote adventure stuff, I wrote for the 'National Enquirer,' I wrote advertising copy for cemeteries.

I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.