The hardship, the pain, the suffering of my brother and my son in prison, that's absolutely their experience, that's not mine. I don't get any credit for enduring that. I never give myself any credit for enduring that.

I'm still vulnerable and still weak.

I want to give the evidence in a way that is convincing, but I don't want to cheat.

Books are an attempt to control something that's uncontrollable.

If Mumia Abu-Jamal has nothing important to say, why are so many powerful people trying to shut him up?

I'm still divided in my principles and what I think is right and what I'm actually able to do, whether talking about writing or being a citizen or being a husband or being a father. And I'm trying to get better.

The hardship, the pain, the suffering of my brother and my son in prison, that's absolutely their experience, that's not mine. I don't get any credit for enduring that. I never give myself any credit for enduring that.