Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.

Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury—to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable.

Reality is always the foe of famous names.

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.

How sweet it is to have people point and say, “There he is.”