All writers have their own pet commandments.

Regret doesn't budge things; it seems crazy that the force of all that human want can't amend a moment, can't even stir a pebble.

The cracks in old friendships are measured in awkward pauses.

Things don't go away. They become you.

When you know you are dying, self-deceptions fly from your bedside like embers off a bonfire.

I think each family has a funhouse logic all its own, and in that distortion,in that delusion, all behavior can seem both perfectly normal and crazy.

Passion and platonic friendliness, often contrary siblings, frequently wear similar faces to hide the great distance between them.

A tragedy's first act is crowded with supporting players: witnesses crimping their faces, policemen scribbling in pads and making radio calls, EMS guys unfolding equipment, tubes and wheels.

Love wasn't a thing you fell in, but rose to. It was what stopped you from falling.

Sometimes one learns too early, as I did, what the world is capable of.

Diminish the influence of fate

A memoir, at its heart, is written in order to figure out who you are.

We ought not to tolerate for a minute the ghastly and grievous thought that God will not answer prayer.

A lot of people can raise money.

Change is no loss, Will. Not always.

Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.

I think by its very nature, it's redundant, you know, being the play-by-play guy on television.

I never write anything down. I write onstage.

There's always some further action to take.

Tomorrow is a thief of pleasure.

I'm not just a black man, I'm a brotha. I love my people. When I'm on the air I am fully aware that I am not just representing myself but representing us.