Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

I pray for humility because that comes from inside out. And what humility does for one, is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been paid for. And what I need to do is prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who has yet to come, but who may be here and needs me.

The devil lives in our mistakes, the lord lives in our rights. Who lives in our ignorance, and who wins after all?

Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

When I try to describe myself to God I say, 'Lord, remember me? Black? Female? Six-foot tall? The writer?' And I almost always get God's attention.

The truth is very important. No matter how negative it is, it is imperative that you learn the truth, not necessarily the facts. I mean, that, that can come, but facts can stand in front of the truth and almost obscure the truth. It is imperative that students learn the truth of our history.