Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.

Maybe times are never strange to women: it is just one continuous monotonous thing full of the repeated follies of their menfolks.

Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded in one’s spirit, the more vulnerable it is.

A society that believes in nothing can offer no argument even against death. A culture that has lost its faith in life cannot comprehend why it should be endured.

We come to Selma to be renewed. We come to be inspired. We come to be reminded that we must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.

One had the right to write because other people needed news of the inner world, and if they went too long without such news they would go mad with the chaos of their lives.

It is so much hard work writing your first novel. You're not even sure that it is possible to do.

Teams are made up of a lot of components. They're made up of hunger, they're made up of desire, they're made up of chemistry, and they're made up of emotion.

That's not to say that some of the new media is not advantageous. You can reach lots of folks with what Black Lives Matter is doing, mobilizing people. God bless them.

What is getting older if it isn't learning more ways that you're vulnerable?

It's impossible to make everyone happy. Some will choose to see the negative. None is perfect but find a way of loving them perfectly!

I don't know about writing. It's quite lonely. You have to have a lot of patience with yourself.