Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s.

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

System fails when people with ability don't have authority and people with authority don't have ability.

Someone ... tell us what's important, because we no longer know.

Don't canonize me too soon. I'm perfectly capable of fathering a child.

Britney: My love doesn't scare me. Other people's love scares me.

If I didn't have a camera, the things I do would be crazy.

It's my duty as a human being to be pissed off.

Guitar gigs were everywhere in the '50s, and I started diddling around so I could keep working. Playing honky-tonk, simple stuff. I took a few gigs with an organ band that put me out front.

I miss directing. I see stories in images and music more so than in dialogue.

I am a sleeper. When you wake up at 4:30 in the morning to do a workout, you're sleepy at 8 in the evening. By 10 o'clock at the latest, I'm in bed.

Death is not a word to fear, any more than birth is.