The hope, the hope that lives in the breast of the black American, is just so tremendous that it overwhelms me sometimes.

When you know better you do better.

Do not be wedded forever to fear, yoked eternally to brutishness.

I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.

We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.

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.

You might encounter defeats but you must never be defeated... Love a lot. Laugh a lot at the silliest things and be very serious... love life.