“Its not the note you play thats the wrong note its the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.”

“My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.”

“Do not fear mistakes, there are none.”

“Im always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up in the morning and see the light.”

“The very first thing I remember in my early childhood is a flame, a blue flame jumping off a gas stove somebody lit... I remember being shocked by the whoosh of the blue flame jumping off the burne...”

“Its like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of shit is that, but white peoples shit?”

“I am a person before I am anything else. I never say I am a writer. I never say I am an artist...I am a person who does those things.”

“The point, I decided, wasn't to have the autobiography or even the memories. The point was who I became when I wrote.”

“The willingness to reach inside every part of yourself opens the door to total understanding. You place your entire identity on the line, not just an isolated part. This may sound daunting, but act...”

“Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.”

“Dont cry and dont rage. Understand.”

“The only way to heal yourself was to understand. Understand the love or the hate or the cowardice, or the impulsiveness, the lack of will of the one who hurt you--the circumstances that twisted the...”