Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere..

I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure..

Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers..

Life is getting better, but that won't stop a war if politicians and business people decide it's to their advantage to have one..

I'm me, and I'm here, and I'm writing..

Better to stay alive," I said. "At least while there's a chance to get free." I thought of the sleeping pills in my bag and wondered just how great a….

Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they prob….

To get along with God, Consider the consequences of your behavior. Earthseed: The Books of the Living.

On the other hand, I was very much interested in the way people behaved, the human dance, how they seemed to move around each other. I wanted to play….

There's no narcotic like exhaustion..

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into th….

A tree Cannot grow In its parents' shadows..

We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose..

Consider We are born Not with purpose, But with potential..

Beware: Ignorance Protects itself. Ignorance Promotes suspicion. Suspicion Engenders fear. Fear quails, Irrational and blind, Or fear looms, Defiant ….

In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn..

What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story….

When I meet a woman who attracts me, I prefer women,' she said. 'And when I meet a man who attracts me, I prefer men.' 'You mean you haven't made up ….

Nothing. It just finds you a lot more attractive than it does most Humans. What can you do with a beautiful woman that you can’t do with an ugly one?….

I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things..

I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership..