I rewrite my books until they're mostly memorized so that's a lot of rewrites, a lot of time spent with my stories.

No matter how big you get, it's still okay to cry because everybody's got a right to their own tears.

People are going to judge you all the time no matter what you do...Don't worry about other people. Worry about you.

We do inherently know that poetry is about the way we speak. It's about where we pause, where we drop our words in the middle of a sentence. It's about the rhythm and the cadence of the way we speak. It's about putting that down at the end of the day.

I think people are sometime reluctant to read outside of their own race. This is heartbreaking.

Time comes to us softly, slowly. It sits beside us for a while. Then, long before we are ready, it moves on.

I always say I write because I have lots of questions, not because I have any answers.