People do terrible things all the time, but we don’t regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things.

It is deeply unfair to task writers of color with unique responsibilities that we don't assign to all writers.

Feminism has neglected the needs of woman of color and people of color in general. But I don't think it means that we should overlook feminism as having nothing valuable to contribute.

The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive.

Whiteness is not the default in my fiction.

Good fiction challenges us as much as it entertains and these days, we could do with both of these things.

I look at my older writing to see where my weaknesses are and then I try to address those weaknesses and make new mistakes.