I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.
“What I know about this world is that white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.”
“Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both... different. In spelling.”