With My Writing, What I Want To

I Like People Who Take Responsibility For Their Lives.

What Did I Do? I Walked Into A Drugstore To Look For Some Mints, And Then I Walked Out. What Was Wrong With That? I Didn't Kill Mr. Nesbitt.

As A Kid I Didn't See Black Cowboys On The Screen. What That Said To Me Was That There Were Things I Couldn't Do Or Be Because Of My Color. What We See Others Like Us Do Gives Us Permission To Expand Our Own Horizons.

As A Child I Wanted To Be A Professional Athlete Or Lawyer.

I Think It's Difficult For Young People To Acknowledge Being Smart, To Knowledge Being A Reader. I See Kids Who Are Embarrassed To Read Books. They're Embarrassed To Have People See Them Doing It.