She said she was so mad at me for not making her very rich, but later she thanked me for making her even richer.

I've seen companies grow tremendously in a very short period of time.

Some people would rather be the 100 percent owner of a $100 million company than the partner of a $200 million company. They feel comfortable being the CEO and the sole decision-maker.

That's really leaving us at a disadvantage. We have to change that.

The total number of minority-owned businesses has risen dramatically, and minorities' desire to be entrepreneurial is real. But how minority-owned businesses conduct business is preventing them from growing and becoming key players.

When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words.' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian society. Not only was there no poverty, divorce, racism, sexism, pollution, or violence in the world of 'The Giver'; there was also careful attention paid to language: to its fluency, precision, and power.