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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary. ”
Black Lightning, Jefferson Pierce, Thunder, and Lightning deserve their own show because they are not 'the other.' They are legitimate superheroes in their own right, and so they deserve the full breadth of exploration. That's what makes them worthy, and that's why they deserve it. They are not 'the other.' They are 'the the.' ”
There was something so immensely redemptive and exciting for me to imagine that my unknown father was not just a man who had abandoned me but a noble man of adventure who had no choice. ”
I went to Iceland in 1861 and went over nearly every bit of the ground made famous by the adventures of Grettir. ”
What crime writers are doing connects deeper into a cultural hunger. Crime is important. When you open up a book that has a body that's dead, that matters. It matters more than a certain level of suburban angst; it really does. ”
With '8 Diagrams,' I just skimmed the surface of musical exploration. ”
My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection. ”
All my work, really, is based on my brothers and sisters. I had so many adventures with them and a big part of the work is to recreate those. It's easy for me to be around a lot of people, because I can retreat. I can watch everything. ”
When artists who are not associated with the typical infrastructure get recognition, that becomes a cultural movement. ”
I do a lot of cultural material that's based on my traveling around the world. I basically just report what I've seen and where I've been. ”