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I spent my life navigating systems built upon me - a black child in America - not making it out.
The only thing I have to do in this life is stay black and die. No one can force me to do anything.
I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.
All of my life, I've been told no. That I was too poor, too short, too black. I enjoy it when people underestimate me.
I've been writing stories all my life. My very first story had two little black girls riding horses. They were both me, too, so that's how into me I was.
If I was black or Hispanic, I wouldn't get any criticism. Because I'm white, people expect so much more out of me. That's a little unfair, but life isn't fair.
James Baldwin is probably, for me and for many other people, one of the most extraordinary authors in this country, black or white. And he is somebody who changed my life.
For me, I've never talked about my private life. It's always been about Black Sabbath. It's strange to open up and talk about me as a young lad, my relationships, marriages and what not.