Art Is In The Process

I Never Thought About Myself As An Activist When We Were Coming Along. I Wasn't A Joiner. You Know, I Love The People I Love. I Didn't Care Whether - They Could Be A Democrat, Republican, Communist, You Know, And Anything But A Racist.

We Both Grew Up In The Atmosphere Of Struggle, Both Ossie And Me, ... I Come Out Of Harlem And Harlem Comes Out Of Me - Wailing Police Sirens And Street Parties, Rumors And Landlords, That Cultural, Spiritual Scene. And Ossie Came Up From The South, Where Struggle And Dying Were Part Of Everyday Life. That Is Who We Are.

It Takes A Long Time To Really Be Married. One Marries Many Times At Many Levels Within That Marriage. If You Have More Marriages Than You Have Divorces Within The Marriage, You’re Lucky And You Stick It Out.

A Trustworthy Marriage Has Weathered Temptation And Anger And Jealousy, Resentment, Self-righteousness And A Little Bit Of Selfishness. When You Get Over And Get Through That, Then Maybe You Can See The Light To Love.

My Dream Was I Was Going To Be An Actor. Racism Occurred To Me. It Dawned On Me That I Would Not Be An Actor. It Occurred To Me That I Was Not White. It Occurred To Me That Being What They Call Colored, Being A Negro, Was Some Kind Of A Disadvantage.