A writer must empathize with all of their characters because he is the one that bestowed upon them both joy and misery.

Even though it may be fiction, I never want to lie about the world I know: the Black one. I wish to write truth, even in a fictionalized world derived from my imagination. It should tell an accurate narrative of who we are and who we have the potential to be.

The only future I'm good at predicting are those of the characters I write.

My spirit has been around far longer than my soul--I've lived several lifetimes already. And one this novel has been written, I will have lived several more.