Money Does Not Guarantee Happiness Or Peace

I Used To Get A Lot Of Letters From Prisoners. It Used To Get On My Nerves. Especially Family Members. Everybody's Innocent.

I'd Crack Up Without My Music. It's The Best Company You Can Have, Really. It Don't Say 'no' Or 'maybe,' Or Ask No Questions.

Why Is It That If You Happen To Be Black And Over Six Feet Tall, Everybody Thinks You Supposed To Play Basketball Or Football?

I Try To Create Characters That I Am Fascinated By On Some Level Or Intrigued By Or Can't Stand.

I Like To Think Of What Happens To Characters In Good Novels And Stories As Knots--things Keep Knotting Up. And By The End Of The Story--readers See An Unknotting Of Sorts. Not What You Expect, Not The Easy Answers You Get On Tv, Not Wash And Wear Philosophies, But A Reproduction Of Believable, Emotional Experiences.