No one was going to stop me from writing and no one had to really guide me towards science fiction. It was natural, really, that I would take that interest.

All struggles are essentially power struggles. Who will rule? Who will lead? Who will define, refine, confine, design? Who will dominate? All struggles are essentially power struggles,and most are no more intellectual than two rams knocking their heads together.

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.

Souls! When have you seen your own soul - that you're so certain you have one?

Belief initiates and guides action - or it does nothing.

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.

I'm a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a Black,...an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive.