Eubie Blake

Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.

If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.

Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.

Today I start a diary; it is against my usual habbits, but out of a clearly felt need.

You have to have really wide reading habits and pay attention to the news and just everything that's going on in the world: you need to. If you get this right, then the writing is a piece of cake.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.