I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman.
Sarah Palin is to women what John Wayne Gacy was to birthday clowns.
My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea.
I wanted something where I could have the clearest and most unfiltered artistic and creative voice.
As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset.
When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it.