Edward James Olmos

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do.

Success is a matter of one's own feeling about oneself.

Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them.

If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.