...one of my motivating forces has been to recreate the world I know into a world I wish I could be in. Hence my optimism and happy endings.

It is true that no one can harm the person who wears armor. But no one can help him either.

Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.

First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.

The boys think they can all be athletes, and the girls think they can all be singers. That's the way to fame and success. ...as a group blacks must give up their illusions.

The most amazing thing about little children ... was their fantastic adaptability.

I sometimes think humor and satire are more effective techniques for expressing social statements than direct comment.

it is amazing how all our paths of rebellion tend to lead us straight back home.

Writing is harder than anything else; at least starting to write is.

When you get up in the morning, you merely put on your clothes. When a colored man gets up in the morning, he puts on his armor.

I marvel at the many ways we, as black people, bend but do not break.

The fear of being yourself is the beginning of self-doubt.

Girls have a tendency to take responsibility for romantic misinterpretations, when often it's men whose perfectly honed emotional inscrutability makes life more complicated than it should be.

The freeway is just like veins without a heart.

Yearning for the seemingly impossible is the path to human progress.

I'm being followed so much I'm causing traffic jams.

You are my whole existence and I will love you until my last breath.

Oh that moment when Daniel thought he’d lost her to Cam’s starshot! His wings hat felt too heavy to lift. Colder than death. In that instant , he’d given up all hope.

Time changes the nature of the whole world; Everything passes from one state to another And nothing stays like itself.

I felt connected with Madonna from a very young age. I think I share a lot of qualities from her personality. I really respect her.

Men give the same lines to different women for the same reason women wear the same perfume for different men; we all try the things that work.