I don't try to intellectualize characters too much. But I always think of the audience. I always make sure that my characters are likeable.

No matter how you look, we all hurt the same, cry the same, and feel joy the same.

I'm an extremist. Either I'm being healthy and organic, or I want a big, juicy In-N-Out burger, I want it all now! It sure makes me happy.

The older I get, the more I accept and appreciate myself.

Becoming a mother is the best thing that's happened to me.

If you have the capacity to love, you have the capacity to love anyone.

I try not to have too many opinions; I just marvel at the world we live in.

I'm black because that's the way the world sees me.

When people have eating disorders, they can't actually see what they truly look like because they're so clouded with their emotions.

The deeper you dig, the bigger the possibility that something could happen.

Sometimes I do yoga, sometimes it's kickboxing, sometimes it's weight training, sometimes it's Pilates.

I passionately love liberty, legality, respect for rights, but not democracy. That is what I find in the depth of my soul.

Britain isn't a world power any more. Its just like a zombie in that regard

Send a solid idea to beyond this universe!A neighbour universe will soon be existed.

Somehow, you can achieve a directness in the novel that you can't get anywhere else.

Black History Month is in the shortest month of the year, and the coldest-just in case we want to have a parade

I avoid my neighbors - luckily, my building has two exits.

Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.

I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne, and yet must bear.

It was a great place to write a novel about book burning, in the library basement.

She was a lovely blonde, with fine teeth. She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth.