Books are often far more than just books.

I love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself and I get to make up the rules of the world that I'm writing.

I wrote myself back together. I wrote myself toward a stronger version of myself . . . Through writing and feminism, I also found that if I was a little bit brave, another woman might hear me and see me and recognize that none of us are the nothing the world tries to tell us we are.

I never imagined any of the success I am currently experiencing.

I am trying to keep growing and improving as a writer.

The designation is useful and necessary and sometimes limiting but it is only limiting to people who think, for example, that African-American literature couldn't possibly be something they could be interested in or relate to. They have limited imaginations, which is sad.

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