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Look, as my mama always said, 'One monkey don't stop no show.

Every human being I know craves love and affection.

I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!

My stories are character driven.

I became a better person because of the time I spent with him, knowing him. I never got a chance to tell him that.

I'm a fast writer.

Why is it that if you happen to be black and over six feet tall, everybody thinks you supposed to play basketball or football?

It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name.

It now seems obvious that the way we're raised has a major impact on what kind of person we turn out to be, but so does who we love.

People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.

Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

Life is like a jigsaw puzzle, you have to see the whole picture, then put it together piece by piece!

The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.

I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.

I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.

Don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!

I used to get a lot of letters from prisoners. It used to get on my nerves. Especially family members. Everybody's innocent.

Write from your heart, and God will take care of the rest.

I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.

I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.

Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

I'm not an angry woman. I'm not bitter.

Okay, so I lied about my age. Everybody does.

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.

At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap.

I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.

We never thought some guy would deliberately fill our hearts with brown sugar and then pour hot water all over it.

What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.

Yeah, well all I can say is that a half truth is a still a while lie, ain't it ...

Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.

Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.

Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.

It should be obvious that I wasn't no honor roll student in high school. My favorite class was boys.

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.

If it works, I'll be happy for you. If it doesn't, I'll be here for you.

Over the years it became clear that sometimes you fall in love only to realize you don't even like the person.

They learned the hard way that you can't save nobody who ain't interested in being saved.

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

since it's obvious that not having this baby

It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.

Because after my marriage fell apart I felt like an empty parking space, and James just pulled into it.

Gay is the new straight, in case you haven't noticed.

Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.

Most women are amazing. They just need to be with someone who makes it easy for them to express it. I think it's called respect.

People like to run their mouths.

My mama taught me that anything worth doing in life should be a little scary.

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.

It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

Wherever there's a prison, for the most part, especially where there's Black people, it's overcrowded. I don't know who really gets out.

You've been killing me inside and I don't want to die like this.

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'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.

It is clear to me right this minute that regret is just a wasted emotion.

Happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!

I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.

I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator.

Back then I confused passions and orgasms with love. It look me years to realize the two weren't synonymous.

I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.

Their young live were over, too, except they had to die everyday while still breathing.

I'm not trying to be a middle aged centerfold, I just want to look at myself naked and not be disgusted.