As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough - I wrote faster than I would write a letter - two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it.
America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color you are.
It's the way to educate your eyes. Stare. Pry, listen eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

