All of a sudden, all of these cashier's checks start appearing and money orders. To me, money orders equal cash.

It's very unusual to see this many money orders and cashier's checks. This money has to be coming out of those machines.

Yes, I think he has shown some partisanship. But basically, I think his sense of what's fair overrides his sense of partisanship. This (Jim) Black thing isn't something the Democratic members enjoyed.

Money was of no value. I had $20 in my pocket. It's just wet and stinky, it's worth nothing.

I hadn't thought specifically about doing graphic novels until a couple of my friends got contracts for them. Then I started picturing how various of my stories or poems would work in an illustrated format and thinking how cool that would be.

I believe it's going to come back. I feel its going to come back bigger and stronger. We're here (Oklahoma City) for this year. New Orleans has a lot do to get back and when they come back, we're coming back. I want the people there to have hope. In a lot of ways that's all some of them have, and I'm not going to take that away from them.