The Big Talent Is Persistence.

There's No Narcotic Like Exhaustion.

I'm Me, And I'm Here, And I'm Writing.

I'm Trying To Speak--to Write-the Truth. I"m Trying To Be Clear. I'm Not Interested In Being Fancy, Or Even Original. Clarity And Truth Will Be Plenty, If I Can Only Achieve Them.

The Only Black People You Found Were Occasional Characters Or Characters Who Were So Feeble-witted That They Couldn't Manage Anything, Anyway. I Wrote Myself In, Since I'm Me And I'm Here And I'm Writing.

Civilization Is The Way One's Own People Live. Savagery Is The Way Foreigners Live.