I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.

I'm the only one who can stop me.. I'm the one who's been sitting at the stoplight all these years, waiting for the light to turn green.

Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.

It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

People like to run their mouths.

Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

As a writer, you get to bring attention to something without preaching. I don't believe in being didactic. So if you dramatize something, you automatically bring attention to it if people read it.

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.

somehow people forget that there is God....what more to us we're just individuals, , to forget is part of imperfections..

You have to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandmother was.

I'm going to be frank, Max...""Of course. All cards on the table." But he gave me a poker smile.

But I've been freestyling and messing around with rhyming since I was 13. That's when I really started listening to hip-hop music.

Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.

You can't enjoy art or books in a hurry.

True goodness is an inward grace, not an outward necessity.

The end of nonviolent 'war' is always an agreement, never dictation, much less humiliation of the opponent.

On an overcrowded planet where more species slip toward extinction every day, should one species have the right to multiply and consume at will, even as it nudges others to oblivion?