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

I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.

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.

I have a big mouth, and over the years, as the eldest of five, I have had a tendency to speak when no one really cared.

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

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

I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!