I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more.
You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.
I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.
I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.
All my life, I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice.
I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States, because of that terror of discrimination.
