I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are slaves have ever known, and I believe more than many white people have enjoyed, for which I desire to bless God, and pray that he may bless those who have given them to me.
“It is my desire to be a great writer. I know that I still have a mountain to climb to achieve that.”
“Jane Austen was writing about boring people with desperately limited lives. We forget this because we've seen too many of her books on screen.”