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

...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.

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

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.

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.

First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.