I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.
“In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.”
“I want to be Jacques Pepin. I want to have a nice 50-, 60-year career. I want to be on PBS when I'm 70-something, still kicking it, having a great time, showing up in Aspen to sign cookbooks. I just want to have a nice, big, long career.”