No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love.

I think a woman is powerless if she cannot freely claim the right to her reproductive capacity. Society can talk about anything it likes, except a woman's reproductive existence.

I'm sometimes afraid I'll cross a line and it'll be difficult to come back, say, to dinner.

Tomorrow exists even though I may not exist in it.

At the time I was taught to read, it was an Eden-like time of my life. My mother adored me. Everyone adored me. So I associate reading with enormous pleasure.

The shadow of my mother danced around the room to a tune that my own shadow sang.

If I describe a person's physical appearance in my writing, which I often do, especially in fiction, I never say someone is "black" or "white." I may describe the color of their skin - black eyes, beige skin, blue eyes, dark skin, etc. But I'm not talking about race.