This is the highest tribute we can pay him, our appreciation for his superlative writing, his incomparable writing. Quite frankly, read more

This is the highest tribute we can pay him, our appreciation for his superlative writing, his incomparable writing. Quite frankly, I've never experienced writing like this before, except for 'Fences,' something that addresses me as an individual, addresses me as a black man and addresses the history of the African-American culture and the African-American experience in this country.

Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into read more

Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye read more

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.

If you write it down, you have a better chance of making your dreams come true. And it's finally here, read more

If you write it down, you have a better chance of making your dreams come true. And it's finally here, right in front of me.

Those who wait could face long lines at licensing outlets on the coast,. Nobody wants to be standing in line read more

Those who wait could face long lines at licensing outlets on the coast,. Nobody wants to be standing in line to buy a license at low tide.

Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is read more

Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman.

We've been collecting portrait miniatures for some time. Although we had a few handfuls of examples before 1980, we began read more

We've been collecting portrait miniatures for some time. Although we had a few handfuls of examples before 1980, we began collecting in a more serious fashion about then.

Without the benefit of data or issuance, the impetus to extend those gains is limited.

Without the benefit of data or issuance, the impetus to extend those gains is limited.

His delivery kind of left him for one pitch or two, but then he got it back. That's a good read more

His delivery kind of left him for one pitch or two, but then he got it back. That's a good sign. With him, he's either good or bad, and today he was able to address his problem. Before, if he got a bad hitter or two, things got out of hand.