"“I do feel very proud of what I have accomplished in my life, given where I came from (and I don’t mean Detroit). In a small circle, I’m respected and cared for. That’s way more than I ever expected. … I’m not done yet. There’s a whole world that’s all screwed up and I know that I can’t personally fix it, but I want to be one of the people who is making things better and more humane. I want to be one of the people who makes history rather than just one who reads it.”"