I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.
I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.
When I wrote 'Kidulthood,' I didn't even know there was going to be a 'Kidulthood.' I just wanted to test myself to see if I could write a script.
In all my characters, I try to find an iota of myself, and in Castle, I found a lot. He gets away with a lot, so that's fun.
I was a prosecutor for many years, I'm a crime victim myself, and I've tried so many cases I don't even know how many anymore.
I'm not 'one of the guys.' I don't want to pretend to be one on stage. I'm not going to dress like a guy or carry myself like one.
I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.
And when I perform on my own tour, I have to talk myself into going out on that stage every single night.
For me, half the joy of achieving has been the struggle and the fight, the pitting myself against the world and all its competition - and winning.
I don't think I ever thought of myself as Superman. But there were people who thought of me that way, and maybe I believed them a little.
When I listen and enjoy the deepest silence I hear the sound of universal love and lose myself completely.
If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself.
I stopped smoking. When I stopped smoking, my voice changed... so drastically, I couldn't believe it myself.
I've got two artificial knees, I have an artificial shoulder, and I'm reasonably healthy given the damage I've done to myself. Everything hurts.
No longer will I doubt my abilities...I will give myself a chance.
I'll tell you my routine - it's really exciting. I feed, I burp, I change diapers, I pump. And then I have a tiny window of time to myself.
I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and recreates the experience of people at that time.
I write for myself, and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving it a space there.
I didn't inherit any great success and the problems that came with it, and yet I was able to keep working and supporting myself and later a family. I'm crazy fortunate.
