If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
“What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives.”
“It's not white versus black any more, it's haves versus have-nots. Unless the black middle-classes unite to promote the interests of the black underclass, tension between them is inevitable. What we, the black middle class have to do, is think of a strategy to avert that.”