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Many A Young Person Tells Me He Wants To Be A Writer. I Always Encourage Such People, But I Also Explain That There's A Big Difference Between Being A Writer And Writing. In Most Cases These Individuals Are Dreaming Of Wealth And Fame, Not The Long Hours Alone At The Typewriter. You've Got To Want To Write, I Say To Them, Not Want To Be A Writer. The Reality Is That Writing Is A Lonely, Private And Poor-paying Affair. For Every Writer Kissed By Fortune, There Are Thousands More Whose Longing Is Never Requited. Even Those Who Succeed Often Know Long Periods Of Neglect And Poverty. I Did.

Raw, Naked Truth Exchanged Between The Black Man And The White Man Is What A Whole Lot More Of Is Needed In This Country - To Clear The Air Of The Racial Mirages, Cliches, And Lies That This Country's Very Atmosphere Has Been Filled With For Four Hundred Years.

Never Completely Encircle Your Enemy. Leave Him Some Escape, For He Will Fight Even More Desperately If Trapped.

I Think One Of The Most Fascinating Things You Can Do After You Learn About Your Own People Is To Study Something About The History And Culture Of Other People.

Nobody Can Do For Little Children What Grandparents Do. Grandparents Sort Of Sprinkle Stardust Over The Lives Of Little Children.