My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.

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.

I honestly have no idea how to live without you.

If you were to believe that you would've never have tried anything new

I want the people to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry.

I believe in reincarnation, and I believe I've lived quite a few lives.

Each book has a secret history of ways and means.

A task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit acquires the merit of romance.

With total discipline we can solve all problems.

We are not here to be successful, we are here to be FAITHFUL

Acting is like letting your pants down; you're exposed.

'Pastoralia' by George Saunders is one of my favorite novels.