I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn't be the writing.

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.

When I'm sitting in the church alone, I can hear singing of the old people. I can hear their singing and I can hear their praying, and sometimes I hum one of their songs.

Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.

We looked at each other, and I could see in those big reddened eyes that he was not going to scream. He was full of anger - and who could blame him? - but he was no fool. He needed me, and he wanted me here, if only to insult me.

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

How do people come up with a date and a time to take life from another man? Who made them God?