I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples- faraway peoples- so that Americans might better understand themselves.

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

I had no reason to doubt that brains were suitable for a woman. And as I had my father's kind of mind- which was also his mother's- I learned that the mind is …

The behavior of an individual is determined not by his racial affiliation, but by the character of his ancestry and his cultural environment.

The colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.

As for The Mapp... I suspect it'll never get a US publication. It seemed to frighten US publishers. They don't seem to understand it. That seems to point up a …