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My greatest regret as a writer is that I've never been able to include as many jokes as I'd like.
Sometimes people just need to feel heard, and being an actor has taught me to really listen.
Critical in this process of wisdom being passed down is that you also need to take it in; you need to listen to it.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
We have all these ideas and visions, and they're able to come to life, and our voices are being heard, which is really amazing.
Creatively, most of my influences come from the literary world: Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara. Writers are my heroes.
Garrison Keillor read several of my poems on 'The Writer's Almanac' and I've heard from listeners nationally and internationally. That's one of the great gifts of email.
I've never been to the websites. It's a lot healthier for me to keep out of the conversations about me.
I think that there is a changing wind. There are black conservatives out there, and their voices need to be heard.
