Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past.

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.

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion, that old singing, that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being, of my writing.

When I'm sitting in the church alone, I can hear singing of the old people. I can hear their singing and I can hear their praying, and sometimes I hum one of their songs.