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

...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.

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

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

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

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 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.