Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

My stories are character driven.

We get divorce, we get conned, someone we love dies, or we can't find anybody to love us or somebody breaks our heart and we realize this fairy tale ain't fair. So we suffer.

I remember the day I turned thirty. I was getting out of the shower and I stood in front of the mirror and stared at myself for a long time. I examined every inch of my body and appreciated the fact that I finally looked like a grown woman. I also assumed that this was how I was going to look for the rest of my life. The way I saw it, I was never going to age; I'd just look up one day and be old.

Look, as my mama always said, 'One monkey don't stop no show.

People always have something to say about what you do and how you do it.