If you're black in America, race is a factor in your life. Start with that assumption.
“He was certainly in a confused state. I used to go and visit him in Callan Park. They were really - to me they were the best poets those two writing in those days but it wasn't very encouraging because, well, they weren't getting far were they?”
“Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”