You bring to a painting your own experience.

All artists are constantly looking for something and they don't always know what.

This is my genre...the happiness, tragedies, and the sorrows of mankind as realized in the teeming black ghetto.

I would describe my work as expressionist. The expressionist point of view is stressing your own feelings about something.

I have an assuredness of myself. I never protect myself against it.

Belief isn’t something you can be reassured about. It’s something that has to come from inside.

Writing is one means to investigate the mystique of life. Each fresh page is an unsullied canvas that an inquisitive writer employs to explore the poetic transience behind their existence.

I have some road rage inside of me. Traffic, especially in L.A., is a pet peeve of mine.

Another older writer that had a huge influence on me is Chekhov. More contemporarily, it's hard to say.

So be it. I'll wear my iron and hold my tongue. A man who won't listen can't hear.

My house is modern, but I like my writing room to be old fashioned. I write on a little wooden secretary desk.

Threats alone, are the weapons of the threatened man.

Leadership is not about experience, education or talent. It's about choosing to lead.

Most good things come with the risk of something bad.

I am a better running back every time I step on the field. I try to get better each game, each summer, each season.