It's very unusual to see this many money orders and cashier's checks. This money has to be coming out of those machines.

All of a sudden, all of these cashier's checks start appearing and money orders. To me, money orders equal cash.

Yes, I think he has shown some partisanship. But basically, I think his sense of what's fair overrides his sense of partisanship. This (Jim) Black thing isn't something the Democratic members enjoyed.

Money was of no value. I had $20 in my pocket. It's just wet and stinky, it's worth nothing.

I hadn't thought specifically about doing graphic novels until a couple of my friends got contracts for them. Then I started picturing how various of my stories or poems would work in an illustrated format and thinking how cool that would be.

I believe it's going to come back. I feel its going to come back bigger and stronger. We're here (Oklahoma City) for this year. New Orleans has a lot do to get back and when they come back, we're coming back. I want the people there to have hope. In a lot of ways that's all some of them have, and I'm not going to take that away from them.