Don't write about trying to change the world, just write about a changed world or a world that's not changing. Let that do the work.

Contradictions make people feel off. They'll say, "Hey, you just said this and now this person is doing that, how is that possible?"

It makes me think about how you hear these young people say, "I see you, man." Or even if you go and watch some basketball game over the summer and the announcer goes, "I see you," and you see that player smile. You know what I mean? That thing of just being recognized, especially when you do a little subtle thing. I don't know.

We don't act the same in every situation. Things bleed into all kinds of other things, from behavior to identity.

That's such a great book [Bloods]. That's a perfect way to articulate this thing that we're talking about. Just because someone is a black general, doesn't mean this person is going to have a certain outlook on it.

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

I've written a little bit in Germany.