My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic - way to face racism. So she taught us to be racist, which is something I had to undo later when I got to Michigan, you know.
Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.
Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype.
I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.
Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.
I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really.
