I really dislike it when people talk about "experimental," because any good writer is experimental.

I really dislike it when people talk about "experimental," because any good writer is experimental.

Even in my adult years, when I heard a white person speaking in a Southern accent I was initially suspicious.

My father combined many of the elements that were feared in the culture, but also he was a warm figure, a figure we needed. We depended on him to give us a little bit of strength and courage.

Do not fall asleep in your enemy's dream.

You have to be a minor superhero just to get to be a dignified man, and that's kind of exacerbated for men of color.

We're dreamers and - since we only have one life, and if we screw up we can get in a world of trouble - we're very intense dreamers.