Occupation: Author Birth: December 7, 1948
I think that theater is a unique way to communicate with people as they gather together with other people they may not even know. It creates a sense ….
But it is the fear, not the writing that defeats me. Everything is not a masterpiece..
Any time your life is at stake and you can't find even one woman to come forward and say, 'This is a good man,' your problem isn't what kind of woman….
I've never been to Paris. I don't like to fly!.
a lot of brothers don't understand. When it comes to making love, reciprocity is everything..
Vera Stark is a fabulous force of nature..
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..
What looks like crazy on an ordinary day looks looks a lot like love if you catch it in the moonlight..
Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that..
Loneliness is random; solitude is ritual..
We danced too wild, and we sang too long, and we hugged too hard, and we kissed too sweet, and howled just as loud as we wanted to howl, because by n….
If you don't annoy your big sister for no good reason from time to time, she thinks you don't love her anymore..
old habits are hard to break, but not impossible!.
...freedom can be a full-time job if you let it..
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….
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 ….
As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us..
you can't know the meaning of the lesson until class is over!.
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 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….
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….