People Say I Don't Write Books, I

I Was Born Illegitimately And Almost Immediately, As I Understand It, Placed In An Orphanage. So My Very Earliest Memories Were In An Orphanage. It Was The Tag End Of The Great Depression When I Was Born. People Were Desperately Poor.

My Job Is Essentially That Of An Entertainer, No Different To That Of A Musician, No Different To That Of An Actor. I Just Happen To Be An Author.

Racism Does Not Diminish With Brains, It's A Disease, A Sickness, It May Incubate In Ignorance But It Doesn't Necessarily Disappear With The Gaining Of Wisdom!

I Wish To Cup Knowledge In My Hand And Drink It As One Drinks Water By The Side Of The Stream.

As Is So Often The Case With A Legend, Every Incident Has Two Possible Interpretations, The Plausible And The One That Is Molded To Suit The Making Of The Myth. Man Is A Romantic At Heart And Will Always Put Aside Dull, Plodding Reason For The Excitement Of An Enigma. As Doc Had Pointed Out, Mystery, Not Logic, Is What Gives Us Hope And Keeps Us Believing In A Force Greater Than Our Own Insignificance.