I'd like to see marriage count again among African-Americans and not just in the society in general.

A mother is a mother all of your life,but a father is a father only when he has a wife.

I don't write romance. Read it? Yes. Write it? No.

I will stand up and speak in my own voice and no man will ever silence me again.

There's always ways of motivating yourself to higher levels. Write about it, dream about it. But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream.

If you're not settled spiritually, things can be a little bit more chaotic than normal.

bad literature of the sort called amusing is spiritual gin.

Teaching by precept, without example, is mighty poor teaching.

The filmmaker is not telling you what to think.

I think pot should be legalized, but I think the promotion of party culture is irresponsible.

Very little about being a writer is signing an autograph. It's sitting in a room and writing. Getting it out.