I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television and just be savaged by stuff that belittles their intelligence.

Like I said...fine with me.

Be an outcast. Be pleased to walk alone.

There's an ecstatic side to writing. It's like jazz. It just has a life.

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man nothing else. But the fact is, you got to give em something. Either your money, your land, your woman or your ass.

Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves.

Decide that you know what you think is good for you and go ahead and do it.