In All My Stories And Novels, No

I Was Raised By A Lady That Was Crippled All Her Life But She Did Everything For Me And She Raised Me. She Washed Our Clothes, Cooked Our Food, She Did Everything For Us. I Don't Think I Ever Heard Her Complain A Day In Her Life. She Taught Me Responsibility Towards My Brother And Sisters And The Community.

There Will Always Be Men Struggling To Change, And There Will Always Be Those Who Are Controlled By The Past.

"you Going Back," She Said. "you Ain't Going To Run Away From This, Grant."

Why Is It That, As A Culture, We Are More Comfortable Seeing Two Men Holding Guns Than Holding Hands?

I Have Learned As Much About Writing About My People By Listening To Blues And Jazz And Spirituals As I Have From Reading Novels. The Understatements In The Tenor Saxophone Of Lester Young, The Crystal, Haunting, Forever Searching Sounds Of John Coltrane, And The Softness And Violence Of Count Basie's Big Band - All Have Fired My Imagination As Much As Anything In Literature.