Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That’s what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.

The truth is, art requires of its practitioners not talent alone, but a certain kind of temperament.

过去是一个不会停止纠缠你的幽灵。

与其让你的人生规避“出人意料”，还不如直接瞄着它们而去。

解释：兄弟之间虽然会因谗言而起争执，但在遇到外人的侮辱时仍应一致对外。

I don’t think of myself as a writer who happens to be black. I think of myself as a black writer.