The sound of words in a novel is a pretty amazing thing, and I am concerned with the sound of every word I write.

There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.

The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.

Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a bullet.

I was given a dictionary when I was seven, and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I read it the way you read a book.

People don't make changes because things are wonderful.

I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance.

People only say I’m angry because I’m black and I’m a woman.

A great piece of literature encompasses all that is and all that will be.

...yet a memory cannot be trusted, for so much of the experience of the past is determined by the experience of the present.

I'm so used to being misunderstood.

I have graduated to the extent of not asking what is happening in my life because I trust the maker(God).

Our God is known for His compassion for the needy

Every good love story has a start and a finish. What matters is what happens in the middle.

The Motion Picture Association of America wipes the sweat off its brow and sings the PG-13 song.

I swear that woman had a previous career as a death-hunter selling tragic ballads down around the Seven Dials," said Will. "And I do wish she wouldn't sing about poisoning just after we've eaten.

It's not necessarily about what career you pick. It's about how you do what you do.

Silence never makes any blunders.

At times, non-co-operation becomes as much a duty as co-operation.

The Soviet constitution guarantees everyone a job. A pretty scary idea, I'd say.

The fact is I am quite happy in a movie, even a bad movie. Other people, so I have read, treasure memorable moments in their lives.