I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.

It's sad to think that we've gotten to this, that we actually have to think about how to go about finding a man. But what's even sadder is that some men make you feel guilty for looking.

Write from your heart, and God will take care of the rest.

My mama taught me that anything worth doing in life should be a little scary.

People like to run their mouths.

I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator.

Let me put it this way: when I read, I learned the world was not as small as my house. And that everybody in my home town was not representative of the way people in the world were raised. And that was what saved me.