I hate, loathe, and despise Christmas. It's a time when single people have to take cover or get out of town.

I marvel at the many ways we, as black people, bend but do not break.

it is amazing how all our paths of rebellion tend to lead us straight back home.

I marvel at the many ways we, as black people, bend but do not break in order to survive. This astonishes me, and what excites me I write about. Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.

...I have wanted to believe people could make their dreams come truethat problems could be solved. However, this is a national illness. As Americans, we believe all problems can be solved, that all questions have answers.

When you get up in the morning, you merely put on your clothes. When a colored man gets up in the morning, he puts on his armor.

I sometimes think humor and satire are more effective techniques for expressing social statements than direct comment.