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

You've got to bend with the wind or you're broken.

And that's all we are Jefferson, all of us on this earth, a piece of drifting wood. until we - each of us, individually- decide to become something else. I am still that piece of drifting wood, and those out there are no better. But you can be better.

Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and ask him if he's the One.

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

He told us that most of us would die violently, and those who did not would be brought down to the level of beasts.