Although I Still Occasionally Paint And Draw,

If You Are Born Black, It Is Better To Be Born Now Than In Any Other Time In United States History. My Grandson Is Black. His Life Is A Different Life Than If He Had Been Born When I Was Born.

Through Writing, Through That Process, They Realize That They Become More Intelligent, And More Honest And More Imaginative Than They Can Be In Any Other Part Of Their Life.

What I Am Finding Now Is That My Audience Is Getting Younger As I Get Older, Which Is A Very Good Thing As You Know - You Don't Want Them To Get Older As You Get Older.

The United States Particularly Abandoned Liberia After The End Of The Cold War.

But On The Other Hand, I Don't Actively Seek Out Stories Or Hunt Them Down.