I Am Not Myself; I Am The

Racism Has Been For Everyone Like A Horrible, Tragic Car Crash, And We've All Been Heavily Sedated From It. If We Don't Come Into Consciousness Of This Tragedy, There's Going To Be A Violent Awakening We Don't Want. The Question Is, Can We Wake Up?

I Think We Need Leadership That Helps Us Remember That Part Of What We Are About Is Caring About More Than The Person Right Next To Us, But The Folks Across The Way.

Each Person Has A Literature Inside Them. But When People Lose Language, When They Have To Experiment With Putting Their Thoughts Together On The Spot-that's What I Love Most. That's Where Character Lives.

When I Was A Kid, My Grandfather Said That "if You Say A Word Often Enough, It Becomes You." Thinking Of That Later In Life Gave Me This Idea That I Could Try To Become America By Learning The Words Of People From Many Aspects Of The Country.

I Went As Far Away From Home As Possible In Terms Of The Development Of My Imagination.