I take my coffee like I take my women... strong... black... and proud.

I don't chase after things, but I put forward the effort and know the rest of it is out of my hands.

Whatever I write I publish. Because that's where the money is.

Part of what's exciting to me about my career is the constant looking forward. Whenever I finish one project, I am looking to what's next.

My process is surprisingly straightforward. I find myself with little to do over a stretch of time and I say, "I should write children's books today." Then I sit down and write a children's book, and if it takes more than, realistically, three hours, I feel like I've done something wrong.

I don't watch that much comedy. I think it's professional jealousy. That and a lack of support for my community.

There is no word for feeling nostalgic about the future, but that's what a parent's tears often are, a nostalgia for something that has not yet occurred. They are the pain of hope, the helplessness of hope, and finally, the surrender to hope.