Our criminal justice system has swallowed up too many people I love.

I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise.

I know nothing of what it is to be a gangster.

I don't believe in typecasting. Just because all my characters may come from the other side of the tracks doesn't mean they are all the same. You don't stereotype people and generalize people, everyone's different.

I do happen to love Honey Nut Cheerios. I don't know if I want to walk down to the store in my pajamas for them. But I do love them.

Music is always a part of my characters' make-up.

I have a very healthy appetite for good writing and good characters. Having weak writing is my biggest fear.