All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened.

Grace under pressure isn't just about bullfighters and men at war. It's about getting up every day to face a job or a white boss you don't like but have to face to feed your children so they'll grow up to be a better generation.

A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's a myth.

I suppose I started writing seriously at 16 years old. I thought I wrote a novel at 16 and sent it to New York! They sent it back because it wasn't novel.

It's about enjoying your life. If you have no family, no friends to enjoy it with, it don't matter how much you have, how much success you have, how much fame you have, how much money you have, it doesn't matter.

The basic idea of a hackathon is to erase all routine obligations for the day so that employees can clear a mental space for creativity.

I'm the fourth generation to be in show business. It's pretty neat; it's nice to have that family history.

My mother wasn't rich, and I never seen my father. I was a street performer. I've been shot. And now I'm known around the world, and I've touched a lot of people with my music. That's one of the great testimonies that's gonna go down in history.