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 try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.

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

I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.

People like to run their mouths.

What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.