It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend.
“There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that.”
“I get in trouble when I say things like, 'I'm attracted to violence.' I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from.”