Every misogynist came out of a woman.

I love the idea of biracial. I actually don't use the word biracial. I tend to use mixed. Biracial to me accentuates the word race, and, you know, I don't really care for it.

The sociopaths - that's the real problem. The whole street demeanor is about pretending to be a sociopath as well so that the real ones can't find you.

Even drunk, I knew any escape plan that involved going to Detroit, Michigan, was a harbinger of doom.

It is a great moment in every freak's life when he or she finds out that at least they are not the only one.

People aren't social. They're tribal. Race doesn't exist, but tribes are real.

For some reason, people always assign high cheekbones to some ethnicity, but apparently by their regards, everybody on earth has high cheekbones. So I don't know if that matters.

Everybody just gets on my nerves after like, 10 minutes, you know.

I'm really suspicious of anybody who comes in and says, this is your identity now, or this is your belief system, and now that you have this, everything's going to be great.

My weak suit is whatever each reader hates about each book.

My strong suit is that I've been willing to risk on the page to get somewhere interesting.

When I tell you "forever", I mean it.

Whenever I feel like exercise I lie down until the feeling passes.

Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.

My parents absolutely did not think of themselves as part of the Great Migration. They knew they were part of a great wave. No one really talked about it in those terms or gave it a name.

No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage.

We are going to have a long period where people are accustomed or conditioned to what's going on now with the raping of the Fourth Amendment.

Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the sleeping humanity in one's heart.

I've never really been that much of a fan of Ninja Tune.

Everyone including YOU suffers when you refuse to BE all & DO all you can.

You stick your nose in the dirt until you find something that smells good.