"As James Baldwin says, You can only be destroyed by believing that you really are what the white world considers a nigger"

"I can't remember ever feeling so glad that a movie was finally over. Lucas may have held my imagination hostage for two hours, but reclaiming it afterward wasn't hard at all."

"The wind is blowing and I feel like the last leaf on the tree. Actually, my health is quite good despite all the rumors to the contrary. Skillful doctors and nurses keep me on the right track; some of…"

"I was seized by the dreadful fear of going insane. I was taken to another world, another place, another time. My body seemed to be without sensation, lifeless, strange. Was I dying? Was this the trans…"

"There's something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind."