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Domestic violence is the front line of the war against women.

Loneliness is random; solitude is ritual.

Sometimes you have to show them what they want to see in order to get them to show you who they really are.

When you're writing first person, all I can see and tell as the author is what that main character can see.

Denzel Washington is a big Hollywood movie star now. But he started out as an actor in the Negro Ensemble company.

Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that.

I worked in Maynard Jackson's first campaign, and I remember the excitement we felt when he won.

I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act when we're falling in love.

What looks like crazy on an ordinary day, looks a lot like love when you catch it in the moonlight.

You can't save a person who doesn't want to be saved. It was like Mr. Eddie always told the new gardeners: Everybody's got to kill their own snakes.

When Blue sang, a lyric became a libation; a song became a sacrament.

Sisterhood is a funny thing. It's easy to recognize, but hard to define.

Discomfort is always a necessary part of enlightenment.

When you're young, there's a whole lot of stuff you say you'll never do. Once you get a little older, the list tends to get shorter.

...freedom can be a full-time job if you let it.

I didn't have a dream of being a press secretary, I had a dream of being a playwright; I had a dream of being a novelist and a poet.

The problem with knowing is that it takes away the possibility of pretending!

No woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.

But it is the fear, not the writing that defeats me. Everything is not a masterpiece.

I've never been to Paris. I don't like to fly!

I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.

As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.

Feminism is to sexism what black nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem.

I've always loved the '40s romantic comedies and the idea of those mistaken identities and lovers' misunderstandings.

I truly love the rehearsal process, those eight hours a day! I really love actors.

If you don't annoy your big sister for no good reason from time to time, she thinks you don't love her anymore.

A lot of brothers don't understand. When it comes to making love, reciprocity is everything.

Old habits are hard to break, but not impossible!

Defiance means you got somebody with power over you.

You can't know the meaning of the lesson until class is over!

If I had to name one book that has had the most lasting influence on my work, I would pick 'The Big Sea' by Langston Hughes.

Vera Stark is a fabulous force of nature.

That's why I love being a writer. My imagination can take me places I may never see except in my mind's eye.

Both men knew the only thing more valuable than a favor well done was a secret well kept. This had the potential to be both.