Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers?

I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.

The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food.

You want to see the boy next door?...(then) don't go see Michael Jackson, because he ain't the boy next door.