I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.
“I wanted to be looked at for the skateboarder that I was. I didn't want to be the 36-year-old skateboarder who's still holding on while owning a company at the same time. I wanted to make my mark and travel and accomplish a few things here and there and then get out.”
“Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot.”