It's An Hour During The Week Where

I Acknowledge Immense Debt To The Griots [tribal Poets] Of Africa - Where Today It Is Rightly Said That When A Griot Dies, It Is As If A Library Has Burned To The Ground.

I Tell Younger Writers That Indeed It Is Devastating To Be Rejected. You Feel Like The Bottom Dropped Out Of Your World.

If You Need To Know History, The Real Story Of Those Before You, Then You Should Go To The Library And Read Newspaper Clippings Of Someone Like Muhammad Ali Every Day, Then It Might Giver You Some Understanding Of The Man.

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.

I Am Really Quite Proud Of Most Of The People I " Know Who Have "made It," Who Do Things To Help People.