That kind of thing happens to black people every day in this country, and they don't receive that kind of sentence he did, which was to go to prison on the weekends; I think he lectured there-an outside lecturer.

Unfortunately, in the world today, we have dogmatic people entering into politics. I don't think the two mix.

I think Black intellectuals see too deeply. That's the problem. It's a cause of anxiety, because we see things differently.

I have Black guys who tell me they put my books on their bed stands to read at night like something for guidance or information. That really pleases me a lot. I think my work has changed some things. It's changed me.

I think there are fundamentalists all over the world. I think all religions have fundamentalists who have different interpretations of scriptures that are very vague.

Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a prolific writing jab, as long as my literary legs hold up.

I think I have a pugnacious style. My style is not pretty. I don't use words like "amber" or "opaque."