I don't know if I'd say that West is overbearing. He's an effusive and hypnotic speaker, and he's just the same in person. I had the chance to meet him at a conference once, and he's just as you'd expect.
Well...Ron Christie does have a book out called Acting White. But I'm less likely to speak on his "whiteness" (whatever the hell that means) as opposed to him looking like Cock-Eyed Junior.