I Believe That A Writer

I Understood About Fear. And I Knew Better Than Anyone In That Room What Mouse Was Capable Of. But Still I Had Been Raised In A Place Where To Show Your Fear Was Worse Than Cowardice. It Was Suicide, A Sin.

The Older You Get The More You Live In The Past

I Would Have Been Completely Brainwashed By This Lopsided And Racist View Of The World If It Weren't For My Father. He Was A Deep Thinker And An Irrepressible Problem Solver. He Was A Black Socrates, Asking Why And Then Spoiling Ready-made Replies.

People Don't Understand How Hard It Is To Get Recognized, How Hard It Is To Get People To Read Your Books. How Hard It Is To Get People To Even To Understand What They're Reading When They're Talking To You About Their Books.

I Never Really Thought I'd Be Successful. I Never Though I'd Get Books Published, But This Was Something Completely Beyond Me. The Fact That It Happened Is Wonderful, But It Is Not Something That I Was Aiming For.