I'm the weirdo. There have been multitudes of times in my career where I could have taken an easier road or a more commercial path, and I've been just like, that's not gonna make me happy.

Being a pop artist or making music like a jingle or something - I don't do that.

I never thought I'd be on the cover of the 'Atlanta Journal' unless I killed someone.

Singing isn't always about being on key; it's about emotionality.

I am looking at acting in a different way now. I always looked at it as equity to build the other things I was doing; now, I consider it a career.

In my career, there have been many things I am fortunate enough to be proud of. Yet one of the things I feel most strongly about is the culture we created during the ten years I was at Aetna, and its enduring impact.

I basically believe the medical insurance industry should be nonprofit, not profit-making. There is no way a health reform plan will work when it is implemented by an industry that seeks to return money to shareholders instead of using that money to provide health care.

Thus far, I've devoted my entire career to publishing genre short fiction, but I now look forward to applying that same level of curation to finding the best new novels and new authors.