I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.

In America, it is difficult to be your own man.

I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be.

I find myself, at this time in my life, no less challenged, no less plagued, no less intrigued by what I still don't know.

I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.

If you apologize because you are afraid, then you are a child not a man.

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.