I admit, I was fascinated by Adolf Hitler. He was a pleasant boss and a fatherly friend.

Hitler spoke in a quiet, soft voice.

Now that I've let go of my story, I can let go of my life.

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

It's a struggle but you have to keep going.

Getting eaten by a giant crocodile was bad enough.The kid with the glowing sword only made my day worse.

I am a sprinter, and I love to go fast. It's very difficult for me to be patient and follow a race strategy or conserve energy.

If we are going to save this country, if we are going to reestablish that belief in God, it's up to us. If we don't do it, who will?

I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn't necessarily be the person who makes it.

I wanted to show that an African-American artist could make it in this country on a national level in the graphic arts. I want to be a strong role model for my family and for other African Americans.

A precisian professor had the habit of saying: "... quartic polynomial ax^4+bx^3+cx^2+dx+e , where e need not be the base of the natural logarithms."

I'm the original take-orders girl.

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.