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….

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….

Loneliness is random; solitude is ritual..

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 ….

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..

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

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 ….

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..

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..

Discomfort is always a necessary part of enlightenment..

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

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

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

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

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

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 ….

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

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

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

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

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….