For a writer it's a dream to sit and watch people as close as possible.

I think what irks me is that I feel like women are really being compartmentalized physically, and it's been done so much that now we're doing it to ourselves. I don't like it.

There's a high school in Camden, New Jersey, I call the Jill Scott School. It's the Camden Creative Arts High School. Those teachers and kids are so passionate about what they do, and 98 percent of the senior class went on to college.

I don't write on demand - I wait for inspiration to come.

When I was growing up, my mother would take me to plays and museums, and we'd talk about life. Those times helped shape who I became.

For a writer it's a dream to sit and watch people as close as possible.

I'm not interested in being commodified. I'm not into being sold. I'm not a slave.