Barack Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America.

Quite simply, quite plainly, just by virtue of his being, Barack Obama is America. The first true American to lead our nation.

Even I haven't downed enough L.A. Kool-Aid to believe that somehow Hollywood movies are an overt instrument of morality.

As a writer, as a storyteller, you have to have your emotions close, and the older I've gotten, the less I've worried about not displaying emotions.

I want to explore different topics and present them in slightly different ways.

I've no desire to start a movement, to be the first name on an open petition, or to be the poster child for disgruntled writers.

We all hope that the police and prosecutors are objective. That's their job, but sometimes it's not true.