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

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.

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.

Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.

Well, pray if you like, only you'd do better to use your judgment.

The flame of the spirit is burning lamp.

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

Why do we Fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up.

The goal is to keep the dialogue open. There are issues in the USA that a lot of people feel strongly about. The goal is just to fix those issues. To make progress on those issues.

..the establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive that induced me to the field of battle.

My focus as part of the leadership is to keep talking about the independent voters, independent voters - how do we get the independent voters back?

The good traders are the ones who can hold their ground the majority of the month and participate in that small handful of trades that are windfalls. The real skill is in not LOSING money!

For us, performance is everything. If we can get great actors in there who like us, and we really like, we feel pretty confident that we can make a movie work.