"Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you."
"I would run into the corner store, the bodega, and just grab a paper bag or buy juice - anything just to get a paper bag. And I'd write the words on the paper bag and stuff these ideas in my pocket until I got back. Then I would transfer them into the notebook."
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Source: Feature: Time To Build. www.xxlmag.com. September 14, 2009.
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