Definitions belong to the definer, not the defined.

Girl, I got my mind. And what goes on in it. Which is to say, I got me...my lonely is mine.

I tell my students there is such a thing as 'writer's block,' and they should respect it. You shouldn't write through it. It's blocked because it ought to be blocked, because you haven't got it right now.

Race is the least reliable information you can have about someone. It's real information, but it tells you next to nothing.

When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.

My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.

I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other people's views of how I should have done it.