I am only a mouthpiece through which to tell the story of lynching and I have told it so often that I know it by heart. I do not have to embellish; it makes its own way.

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.

One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.

There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.

Virtue knows no color line.

Those who commit the murders write the reports.

A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home.

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.

The appetite grows for what it feeds on.

It is extremely rough to follow through with my goals, but I felt a responsibility to show the world what the African Americans are facing through this rough patch.

Nothing is expensive when you promise.

Know that we win the war when we pray in power because prayer is the battle.

And we went through AIDS... which was as good a course in mortality as anyone is likely to get, short of war.

I love employment, and it's never, ever guaranteed. As much as I love doing animated voices, I just love working.

Decorating is like music. Harmony is what we constantly strive for. At home, we want a peaceful atmosphere where the objects are the notes and nothing is off-key.

I'm not temperamentally into high comedy. I'm not a Noel Coward kind of girl.

In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. [Lat., Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.]

The sublime is only a step removed from the ridiculous.

No wisdom that she may gain by experience and reflection hereafter, will compensate the loss of her present hilarity.

To fear the worst oft cures the worst.