It's always healthy to be taken down a notch, even though it's humbling.

I don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans.

From stoplights to skyscrapers, turn anywhere in civilization and you will see imagination at work. It's in our inventions, advances and remedies and how a single parent masterminds each day. Imagination is boundless, surrounds us and resides in us all.

I think if you get your fifth script made, that's the fast track. But there's no guarantee any of them will get made.

I don't have to go into outer space to write about an astronaut.

I devoted myself to writing for years without representation or a promise of anything. And there were times when I felt quite down about my prospects.

Women have a greater verbal capacity.