The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

The work is not the object, but the action.

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

一件事实只要超过一个人相信，便不再是真相。

The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.