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I'm a fast writer.
People like to run their mouths.
My stories are character driven.
I'm not an angry woman. I'm not bitter.
I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
Every human being I know craves love and affection.
If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.
Write from your heart, and God will take care of the rest.
don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.
Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.
Look, as my mama always said, 'One monkey don't stop no show.
I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.
Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.
You've been killing me inside and I don't want to die like this.
I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.
The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.
happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!
At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap.
People always have something to say about what you do and how you do it.
I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.
My mama taught me that anything worth doing in life should be a little scary.
What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.
Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!
Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.
It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name.
I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.
I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.
It should be obvious that I wasn't no honor roll student in high school. My favorite class was boys.
life is like a jigsaw puzzle, you have to see the whole picture, then put it together piece by piece!
I'm not trying to be a middle aged centerfold, I just want to look at myself naked and not be disgusted.
Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.
You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.
Back then I confused passions and orgasms with love. It look me years to realize the two weren't synonymous.
People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.
I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.
It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.
We never thought some guy would deliberately fill our hearts with brown sugar and then pour hot water all over it.
I have a big mouth, and over the years, as the eldest of five, I have had a tendency to speak when no one really cared.
I used to get a lot of letters from prisoners. It used to get on my nerves. Especially family members. Everybody's innocent.
I'd crack up without my music. It's the best company you can have, really. It don't say 'no' or 'maybe,' or ask no questions.
Why is it that if you happen to be black and over six feet tall, everybody thinks you supposed to play basketball or football?
As far as young kids go, my primary interest is to get parents to read to their kids. That's about the most you can do, I think.
As far as young kids go, my primary interest is to get parents to read to their kids. That’s about the most you can do, I think.
I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator.
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.