Parents can ruin children, and sometimes that's a learned behavior. Sometimes you can't blame your parents for it, sometimes you can. I think to me, ….

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings..

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

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

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..

Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have. We spend too much energy being down, when we could use that same en….

don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!.

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

Don't worry about how pretty (the story) sounds, how lilting it is, and the imagery, and the metaphor, all that. Most readers don't care. It's the pe….

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

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

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

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

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

Being a lifetime wife and mother has afforded me the luxury of having multiple careers: I've been a teacher. A chauffeur. A chef. An interior decorat….

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

As a writer, you get to bring attention to something without preaching. I don't believe in being didactic. So if you dramatize something, you automat….

I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experienc….

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

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

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical..