Many times, what people call 'writer's block' is the confusion that happens when a writer has a great idea, but their writing skill is not up to the task of putting that idea down on paper. I think that learning the craft of writing is critical.

...no woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.

If you don't annoy your big sister for no good reason from time to time, she thinks you don't love her anymore.

What looks like crazy on an ordinary day looks looks a lot like love if you catch it in the moonlight.

I think it's hard to make a living as a writer, but I think it's hard to work at McDonald's too.... I think the commitment is to get up everyday and say, "I'm a writer, therefore what I'm supposed to do today is write." And to do that, and to do that and to do that.

Discomfort is always a necessary part of enlightenment.

As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.