Words Mean Nothing. Action Is

Without Love For My Fellow Man And Respect For Nature, To Me, Life Is An Obscenity.

I Believe That The Writer Should Tell A Story. I Believe In Plot. I Believe In Creating Characters And Suspense.

I Have Learned As Much About Writing About My People By Listening To Blues And Jazz And Spirituals As I Have By Reading Novels.

"you Going Back," She Said. "you Ain't Going To Run Away From This, Grant."

Anytime A Child Is Born, The Old People Look In His Face And Ask Him If He's The One.