Why Do I Write? The Truth, The

Black Isn't Beautiful And It Isn't Ugly - Black Is! It's Not Kinky Hair And It's Not Straight Hair - It Just Is.

One Should Be Able To Return To The First Sentence Of A Novel And Find The Resonances Of The Entire Work.

Life Is Accepting What Is And Working From That.

You Can't Teach Talent. You Can't Put In What God Left Out - But You Can Teach Confidence.

Words Themselves Are Innocuous; It Is The Consensus That Gives Them True Power.