Every where the years bring to all enough of sin and sorrow; but in slavery the very dawn of life is darkened by these shadows.
“This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we're free on paper and in law, I'm not going to allow you to enslave me on film, in celluloid, for all to see.”
“In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.”