A history of literature, unlike history as such, ought to list only victories, for its defeats are no victory for anyone.
I don't like perpetuating the stereotype of black males being drug dealers, and criminals.
I've reduced a lot of the stress in my life. I've gotten rid of a lot of things. The light was turned on and a lot of the cockroaches started spinning. I swept them out the door. And sometimes you just have to throw things out because they carry a certain energy.
I don't see myself as extremely handsome. I just figure I can charm you into liking me.
You can put a cat in an oven, but that don't make it a biscuit.
My sign is Leo. A Leo has to walk with pride. When he takes a step, he has to put his foot down. You walk into a room and you want people to know your presence, without you doing anything.
Nobody wants to get locked up, although 'locked up' is a matter of perspective. There can be people who are out who are in prison mentally and emotionally and worse off than those who are behind bars.
Everyone who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit.
I'd hang out at the Borders bookstore until it closed.
I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church.
But the 3% who have taken the time and exercised the discipline to decide on a destination and to chart a course sail straight and far across the deep oceans of life, reaching one port after another and accomplishing more in just a few years than the rest accomplish in a lifetime.