It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

You've been killing me inside and I don't want to die like this.

Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.

Being a lifetime wife and mother has afforded me the luxury of having multiple careers: I've been a teacher. A chauffeur. A chef. An interior decorator. A landscape architect, as well as a gardener. I’ve been a painter. A personal shopper. An accountant and a banker. I’ve been a beautician. Santa Claus. The Tooth Fairy. A movie reviewer. A nurse. A psychologist. A negotiator. An I have a Ph. D in How to Pretend Like You Don’t Mind.

I'm not an angry woman. I'm not bitter.

It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.

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