Contrary To What People Think, I Slave

An Age Is Called Dark Not Because The Light Fails To Shine, But Because People Refuse To See It.

It Is Difficult To Be King When The Gods Are Changing.

I Don’t Know Who My Parents Were. I Know Nothing About My Inheritance. I Could Be Jewish; I Could Be Part Negro; I Could Be Irish; I Could Be Russian. I Am Spiritually A Mix Anyway, But I Did Have A Solid Childhood Fortunately, Because Of Some Wonderful Women Who Brought Me Up. I Never Had A Father Or A Man In The House, And That Was A Loss...

As A Writer I Have Persisted In My Uncertainty, Alternating Between Novels Which Could Charitably Be Considered Literature And World Reporting Which By Another Stretch Of Objective Standards Might Be Called History.

[the Church's] Job Is To Provide Permanent Solace And Spiritual Leadership To The People As A Whole, Whatever Their Government At The Moment, So Long As It Stays Within The Bounds Of Moral Decency.