People don't always remember what you say or even what you do, but they always remember how you make them feel.

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open your heart to those who love you, and always be true to yourself.

I never have written every day. When I'm writing a book, I write Monday through Friday. I always try to take Saturday and pretend to have some sanity.

I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness.

Number of things happen after I was 50. One, you are hopefully secure in what you want to do - which means that you don't spend a lot of time chewing on your knuckles about your reason for being here.Also, you're at your most beautiful. No woman is ever more beautiful than she is at 50.

There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in Black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet.