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

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

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

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

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism

Improvement combines effectiveness with simplicity.

...And eventually, he (Charles Manson) testified to an empty court, as Bugliosi had convinced the presiding judge Older, that Manson's hypnotic powers might convince the jury he was innocent.

Holiness has nothing to do with what we know and everything to do with Who we know.

Silverstream: You idiot!!! What are you doing in my territory??? Graystripe:...Drowning? Silverstream: Can't you do that in your own territory? Graystripe: Ah, but who would rescue me there?

The mere habit of writing, of constantly keeping at it, of never giving up, ultimately teaches you how to write.

We would root out terrorism if the BSP comes to the centre

Everything in life is a lesson and I have learned from each marriage. Yes, I've made mistakes but every experience is a learning curve.

Emotions can create problems that do not exist. It's fine to be justifiably angry. But, it's not okay to let that anger fester long enough to become bitterness.

A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute.

I love to cook and I know a lot of people watching love those segments, but so often they feel rushed to me. If we give 'em a bit more time to breathe, people will get more out of them.