In order to validate our Africanness, we hold on to tradition at all cost, banning critical engagement in an attempt to preserve its sacredness

Feels so good to be quoted

The voice of a Black woman should always be HERSELF ...No edits - no erasure - no pressure - no expectations - no additions - no intruders

The most beautiful thing is that despite the shallow life we sometimes succumb to - the soul has no timeline and it knows what it wants and will yearn within until it seeks the journey

Look within - there is no end!

I am art. I am authentic. I am love. I am me.

Because books saved my life, literally, I've become close to them

It's actually such a tragedy that I live in a world that is inspired by me putting my body or mental state on the line

How do I negotiate my way across life with a system that I find so violent yet it seems so normal to many others?

In being everything for everyone, when am I anything for myself?

Expand!You are not small. Your Foremothers did not do what they did so you could occupy small!

I'd make you my favorite jungle gym if you'd let me.'- Katrina, 'Convicted

That is her style of beauty.

The best slave is the one who thinks he is free.

A question which can be answered without prejudice to the government is not a fit question to ask.

What will you create that will make the world more awesome?

It's great to get out of the study and work with real living and breathing people.

Maybe by his second year in Hogwarts, Harry Potter will learn the trick to making a movie this good but don't bet on it. It's one of the best films of the year.

If you can be anything else but a writer, be it.

Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

The time to go into a new business is when it’s badly run by others.