I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about home.

A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's a myth.

I still don't even know if the sheriff will let me see him. And suppose he did; what then? What do I say to him? Do I know what a man is? Do I know how a man is supposed to die? I'm still trying to find out how a man should live. Am I supposed to tell someone how to die who has never lived?

I had to see and feel and be with the thing that I wanted to write about.

There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past.

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.