The other thing [my psychology professor] said to me was that I was always very mindful of the person who was away from the group, that I was always trying to bring them in.

If all the students who slept through lectures were laid end to end, they'd all be a lot more comfortable. If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

I think, and a lot of that has to do with where I grew up in California; [status] isn't something I think about that much.

The Sellout is about friends and relatives who have touched me in real ways.

People are very comfortable when race relations get looked at retrospectively. Slavery, the civil rights movement, etc.

If I'm in LA, I'm close to home, and that just brings up all these other things, good and bad. There is a reason why I am not there .

I don't write to put it in a drawer, I hope that people see it.