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

Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.

...one of my motivating forces has been to recreate the world I know into a world I wish I could be in. Hence my optimism and happy endings.

The boys think they can all be athletes, and the girls think they can all be singers. That's the way to fame and success. ...as a group blacks must give up their illusions.

I have never felt a placard and a poem are in any way similar.

It is true that no one can harm the person who wears armor. But no one can help him either.

Writing is harder than anything else; at least starting to write is.