Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.
“If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times.”
“My painting teacher in high school used to say, 'I can't paint like I want to, but through practice I'll get better.' But I don't think that's true. I think sometimes you just can't paint.”