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.

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.

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

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