No Matter What You Say To Yourself,

You Know What? I Think The American People Are A Little Pissed, And I Think They're Pissed At Both Parties - I Think They're Really Pissed At Both Parties - And It Will Be Reflected During Election Time.

[on Writing To Alice Walker, Author Of The Color Purple:] I Told Her I Would Play A Venetian Blind, Dirt On The Floor, Anything.

You Couldn't Always Trust The History Books. They Told A Diluted Truth, A Truth By Committee.

My Mother's Great. She Has The Major Looks. She Could Stop You From Doing Anything, Through A Closed Door Even, With A Single Look. Without Saying A Word, She Has That Power To Rip Out Your Tonsils.

When I Forget How Talented God Is, I Look To The Sea.