The intolerance of people against other people is growing and growing. And the thing is, this is not anything that's changed. This has been going on for years.

I took one thing to heart that I heard from Sidney Poitier in 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.' And it resonated so much with me. He says: 'Dad, you always looked at yourself as a black man. I look at myself as a man.'

I grew up in Northern California, and theater is all there was. I didn't know how to go about starting a career when I was 10.

I look at Facebook a fair bit. I see what's posted. I see the travesties and illegalities of what police forces do. And I also see and understand that it is sanctioned by the general public - or we would do something.

I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I like stories where there's closure at the end. And I like stories where there's hope. That's a kind of empowerment. I think romance novels are very empowering, and I think suspense novels are, too.

Although by 1851 tales of adventure had begun to seem antiquated, they had rendered a large service to the course of literature: they had removed the stigma, for the most part, from the word novel.

I am sort of an adventurer. I like to explore new places. I don't get to travel as often as I would like but I love it.

I make sure I travel with my girlfriends at least twice a year because that's the time I rejuvenate and disconnect from myself.