“Grace under pressure isn't just about bullfighters and men at war. It'...” — Ernest Gaines Quote

Grace under pressure isn't just about bullfighters and men at war. It's about getting up every day to face a job or a white boss you don't like but have to face to feed your children so they'll grow up to be a better generation.

I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

I think I'm a very religious person. I think I believe in God as much as any man does. I don't only believe in God, I know there's God.

We are professionals and, if the boss chooses eleven players to enter the field, these are the ones who have to work.

It's not that I'm a 'Let's hug and be joyful all the time' boss. Or that I don't, quote, 'own my own power.' I just never want to be that big, swingin', rule-by-fear person.

There's nothing better than being your own boss, especially after when you play soccer, you're just controlled by so many different forces. So owning your own company and being your own bosses, it's so liberating and freeing and you get to finally make decisions for yourself, which I think is really powerful.

The way one perceives a book and a film are totally different. You read a book in the privacy of your room. You are the boss; you set the pace and rhythm of your reading. In the movie house, you can't do that.