"There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority."

"I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling."

"I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading."

"My mother, at least twice, cancelled our family's subscription to the newspaper I was working on, because she was so mad about its treatment of my father."

"When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you."

"We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects."

"I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it."

"Success is not in what you have, but who you are."