Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music. Solitude, quality solitude, is an assertion of self-worth,….

Sometimes you meet yourself on the road before you have a chance to learn the appropriate greeting. Faced with your own possibilities, the hard part ….

I think it's hard to make a living as a writer, but I think it's hard to work at McDonald's too.... I think the commitment is to get up everyday and ….

It is a dangerous time to be a black woman in America. It’s a time when we are not safe in the streets or at home or at school or at work and nobody ….

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

Discomfort is always a necessary part of enlightenment..

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

You know the Buddhists believe that sometimes when everything is in turmoil, it's because something wonderful is ready to be born and that thing is d….

When I got to the end of this play, I realized I was trying to make Angel do something that had not been justified by the characters and by their sto….

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

Many times, what people call 'writer's block' is the confusion that happens when a writer has a great idea, but their writing skill is not up to the ….

Buying flowers is not just a way to bring home beauty. It's an expression of confidence that better days are coming. It's a defiant finger in the fac….

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

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..

I think all negotiations should take place at a round table and everybody should have to rotate counterclockwise once an hour so that even the percep….

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

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..

I think the black community is no different from any other community. We need to take responsibility for how we live together. We need to be personal….

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

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

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