I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves.
“For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular.”
“I heard about the book and I said, 'Oh my god, I've got to read this book,' and I didn't know that a white woman wrote it. Nobody said that to me, they just said, 'The Help - Oh my god, you've got to read it.' Everyone failed to mention it was a white woman, I think, because nobody really wants to t”