...freedom can be a full-time job if you let it.

Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that.

you can't know the meaning of the lesson until class is over!

I think the black community is no different from any other community. We need to take responsibility for how we live together. We need to be personally responsible for keeping our streets clean, our schools safe, and our houses peaceful.

a lot of brothers don't understand. When it comes to making love, reciprocity is everything.

I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act when we're falling in love.

You can't save a person who doesn't want to be saved. It was like Mr. Eddie always told the new gardeners: Everybody's got to kill their own snakes.