I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.

In contemporary American culture, the religions are more and more treated as just passing beliefs - almost as fads - rather than as the fundaments upon which the devout build their lives.

We do not credit to the ideal of religious freedom when we talk as though religious belief is something of which public-spirited adults should be ashamed.

Every conflict plagues the peace that follows it.

Teasing out the way the world might look through another's eyes is what makes the creative process so fascinating and enjoyable.

I think of my novels as entertainments.

Rumor is rarely more interesting than fact, but it is always more readily available.