In the beginning, I tried to be a more cosmopolitan writer, but I realized that I was a country boy, and I had to deal with things I knew about and where I came from.
The sharecropper may lower his eyes, but not because he's less of a man. That's just a condition of society that such things exist.
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?
Grace under pressure isn't just about bullfighters and men at war. It's about getting up every day to face a job or a white boss you don't like but have to face to feed your children so they'll grow up to be a better generation.
