“For the black author, and even the ex-slave narrator, creativity has o...” — Kevin Young Quote

“For the black author, and even the ex-slave narrator, creativity has often lain with the lie - forging an identity, 'making' one, but 'lying' about one, too.”

“I think Barnum is at the center of American culture. He's helping to invent what we now think of as pop culture. He invented pretty much our notions of the circus.”

“Great music - say jazz - has that inventive, improvisational quality that tells us something about life.”

“When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.”

“I was first published as a paranormal author back in the early 1990s. I was one of the founders of that original wave of paranormal and am the leader of the new wave of paranormal that started at the beginning of this century.”

“A novel compared to film writing can allow the author to be more indulgent, and that extends to the characters and the story being told.”