Nemeses aren't born. They are made.

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

I don't know that anyone in the United States is taught to rest.

Knowing that a story needs to be told is a great motivator, even if telling a given story comes at a price. Writing Hunger has been the most difficult writing of my life, and it's the rawest and perhaps most necessary. We'll see how people take it. I always strive to write beyond personal catharsis because though I write first and foremost for myself, I do recognize that I need to look outward as much if not more than I look inward, so the reader has something with which they can engage.

I like what the internet offers: the ability to get people interested in your mind, and have a chance if you're not conventionally attractive.

I can't please everyone. I am trying not to let the pressure consume me.

I am trying so very hard to stay in the moment despite the ferocity of my ambition.