I didn't feel like it was essential to have a white host or a black host, I wanted a good host.

I'm hoping that "South Of Wilshire" will help people to realize that these are places that they should patronize, not avoid.

To realize that we are just a breath away from eternity takes a lot of guts and brain power. So, spend your breath wisely.

Laws forbidding adoptees from accessing their original birth certificates are outdated and need to be changed today.

Madness is witlessness’s.

Greatness is achieved, not only, by doing great things, but also, by making the small things we dogreat.

All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books.

It's my real name. My mother's name is Rose Rock. It was the worst name as a kid to have. They called me Piece of the Rock, Plymouth Rock, Joe Rockid, and Flintstones. Now they call me Mister Rock.

My prodding me didn't elicit a reaction. His unseeing eyes stared straight through me. Which was odd. He'd seemed so sane huddled in Cookie's trunk.

A young city, Miami lacks the history, the roots, and the traditions of other major metropolitan areas. Everybody here is from someplace else.

America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago.

Initiative is key. Anybody who wants to be somebody is going to work as hard as they can to fulfill that dream.