I spent a lot of time trying to layer upon layer upon layer as I wrote. I think that's often the fear of a writer, that little nuances won't get picked up.

It's hard for black women to ask for help. We think we don't need it. We're used to being in pain and living with it.

I think sometimes the stars align whether we want them to or not. And we're drawn to certain people and places for no other reason than...Destiny.

I think that we need to make it our goal to define freedom for ourselves.

We kind of have to rewrite our own stories and our own ways of being free.

We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art.

Sometimes I feel as though I'm trying to take a hit for the team so that other people then can move forward. I'm like, "Look, I just laid out all of my stuff, so what's the worst that can happen?".

In my experience when I do try to avoid something, it makes its way into the work anyway. To be in front of it and just make friends with it is easier for me.

Аrt movements are always linked to some kind of turmoil.

I really hope that people feel permission to talk about their own troubles, but also to celebrate themselves.

Sometimes it's just rejecting stereotypes, sometimes it's creating work. Sometimes it's just blocking out the noise.

I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.

Poor people have been voting for big government liberalism for 50 years... and they are still poor.

When you write, you can write yourself into the world of your dreams or the world of your nightmares. The choice is yours!

If you're the president you only have two jobs: peace and money.

I think I knew I was funny in Elementary School. I think most funny people realize it when they're young. It tends to come out of stress or trauma - something that makes you want to be funny.

The greatest accomplishment of a bartender lies in his ability to exactly suit his customer. . .

If there is one thing that is constant in this world, it is the power of music.

When you flip anything, you really you just have to have the courage of your convictions.

I honestly haven't thought much about what to play and where, perhaps i should...it seems like most musicians are better at that than I am.

I was tired of hanging on, taking the torn pieces to make something whole with them.