Never Completely Encircle Your Enemy. Leave Him

I Tell Younger Writers That Indeed It Is Devastating To Be Rejected. You Feel Like The Bottom Dropped Out Of Your World.

It's An Hour During The Week Where You Can Just Slow Down.

I Get Interviewed A Lot, And I Found Myself Listening To What The Interviewer Is Asking Me, I'm Analyzing What I'm Being Asked More Than My Response.

Raw, Naked Truth Exchanged Between The Black Man And The White Man Is What A Whole Lot More Of Is Needed In This Country - To Clear The Air Of The Racial Mirages, Cliches, And Lies That This Country's Very Atmosphere Has Been Filled With For Four Hundred Years.

Many A Young Person Tells Me He Wants To Be A Writer. I Always Encourage Such People, But I Also Explain That There's A Big Difference Between Being A Writer And Writing. In Most Cases These Individuals Are Dreaming Of Wealth And Fame, Not The Long Hours Alone At The Typewriter. You've Got To Want To Write, I Say To Them, Not Want To Be A Writer. The Reality Is That Writing Is A Lonely, Private And Poor-paying Affair. For Every Writer Kissed By Fortune, There Are Thousands More Whose Longing Is Never Requited. Even Those Who Succeed Often Know Long Periods Of Neglect And Poverty. I Did.