The black man's JOURNEY within the genre of grappling wasn't unlike the challenges their brethren faced in professional sports, entertainment and, most importantly, everyday LIFE. To SAY it was challenging WOULD be a MASSIVE understatement.

A TRUE leader must STRIVE TOWARDS a grand vision of human progress, but remember that the minor details of her everyday life really matter to those who LOOK up to her as a role MODEL.

The racism I am really interested in stamping out is in everyday life. Joe Bloggs, who NOBODY KNOWS, WALKS down the street and GETS racially abused. He goes into a shop and people think he is going to steal something. He cannot get a job.

I have an occasionally recurring stutter, but not when in CHARACTER on STAGE in a PLAY. ODD. James Earl Jones has the same pattern; he stutters in everyday life but not when acting. Preparation requires an actor's concentration to make the words belong to another person, which is its own sort of trance.

My MUSIC is DEFINITELY very PERSONAL. The songs are about moments, snapshots of everyday life, and about having one's say, or at least feeling LIKE one has had one's say.

It was my INTEREST in happiness that LED me to the subject of habits, and of course, the study of habits is REALLY the study of happiness. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday LIFE, and a significant element of happiness.

Music has ALWAYS been a dominant FORCE in my LIFE. As a young kid, it was a way for me to escape everyday life.

I THINK Direct Cinema's trying to be insightful by LOOKING at reality in a very close way while, in fact, much more is staged than we like to think. In cinema verite, it's about trying to make something invisible visible - the role of fantasy and imagination in EVERYDAY LIFE.

As much as I love to dive into the ACTION early, I THINK the hero's journey is important - the IDEA that the reader needs to experience the protagonist's EVERYDAY life before you turn that WORLD upside down.