I met Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Engels and Mao when I entered prison and they redeemed me.

Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.

They will never count me among the broken men.

The savage repression of blacks, which can be estimated by reading the obituary columns of the nation's dailies, Fred Hampton, etc., has not failed to register on the black inmates.

We must prove our predictions about the future with action.

Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order.

It is always wise with a course of action to consider the likely consequences before going ahead with it.

But now with the living conditions deteriorating, and with the sure knowledge that we are slated for destruction, we have been transformed into an implacable army of liberation

The story line, the comparisons to this show and the Bible Ends after the names of the characters.

Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty.

Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination

Once people get into relationships, friends and rational thought get tossed aside.

Plucking a flower and giving it to someone is not an act of kindness

My head was a magpie's nest lined with such bright scraps of information.

If you don't believe in it, you can't do it.

String theory is 21 st century physics that fell accidentally into the 20th century.

The price of ability does not depend on merit but on supply and demand.

I thought 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' was so interesting the way it was made and the texture of it.

If I had better foresight, maybe I could have improved things a little bit. But frankly, if I had perfect foresight, I would never have taken this job in the first place.

To cease to love -- that is defeat.

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.