I don't like the way question marks look. They're really ugly. They look like blots. At some other point in my life, I might have disliked them because I never knew how to properly apply them. Also commas, and whether they were outside the quote or inside the quote - that all seemed like an unnecessary pain in the ass.
John Edgar WidemanHell, I'm going to play pro basketball. I'm going to maybe be famous. I'm going to write books.
John Edgar WidemanI don't tell everything. I want the reader to have the feeling that maybe they know the whole truth, but they don't.
John Edgar WidemanIf Mumia Abu-Jamal has nothing important to say, why are so many powerful people trying to shut him up?
John Edgar Wideman