In The Bush, Trust No One You

The Main Thing You Got To Remember Is That Everything In The World Is A Hustle.

I Certainly Wasn't Seeking Any Degree, The Way A College Confers A Status Symbol Upon Its Students. My Homemade Education Gave Me, With Every Additional Book That I Read, A Little Bit More Sensitivity To The Deafness, Dumbness And Blindness That Was Afflicting The Black Race In America. Not Long Ago, An English Writer Telephoned Me, Asking Questions. One Was, "what's Your Alma Mater?" I Told Him, "books.

I Tell Younger Writers That Indeed It Is Devastating To Be Rejected. You Feel Like The Bottom Dropped Out Of Your World.

I Don't Know Anywhere In The World Where There Is Not Racism Against Somebody.

Your Attitude Is Everything. Believe In Yourself And Trust Your Material. To Be A Successful Writer, Write Every Single Day Where You Feel Like It Or Not. Never, Never Give Up, And The World Will Reward You Beyond Your Wildest Dreams.