When entertainment works the best, you're creating an apparatus to convey emotions.

I don't know when I made that active decision to be a writer or to try to write, but I know I always liked storytelling.

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

Gay marriage will be universally accepted in time. But if I may be so bold as to say to gays and lesbians, don't wait for that time to arrive. Just as my father and his generation did not 'wait' for their civil rights, nor should you. The toothpaste ain't going back in the tube. The tide has turned.

I can tell you from personal experience it gets a little tiring having to make the rounds on cable shows to explain 'what's up with black folks.'

When people come in the door and they have something, discovering and exploring the character is a real joy.

Much as banks don't care where your money's coming from, the Electoral College is all 'don't ask, don't care' when it comes to votes.