People are suckers for the truth and they know it when they see it. Open your soul and they will stop and watch.

Believe in yourself and start achieving your dream. It waits for you on the other side of the publish button.

Honesty makes stories real and characters memorable. From there, taking them to where they need to go will be all the development they need.

You have to put yourself out there as a writer, you can’t play it safe.

Kids are flat-out freaking hilarious if you are paying attention. Not just my kid, but every kid.

Open your soul and put it out there and dare the world to read it, ready to have them stomp on you and laugh, but ready to do it again the next day.

The best part of being a writer is you get to tell people you’re a writer. That’s still considered cool.

Who do I think would appreciate my book?I’m surprised anybody does. Oops, did I say that out loud?

I wasn’t a class clown, because nuns have no sense of humor. They have rulers.

It’s amazing how my mind opens up right when I have to run on the treadmill. I’ve finished three chapters rather than run a mile.

I usually end have one outrageous minor character. He or she says the stuff I wish I had said in real life. Readers will love that character.

The darkness of the storm determines the brightness of the rainbow.

Can one man's madness be another's real life?

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run the truth that finally overtakes you.

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

A patriot is a fool in ev'ry age.

If you want to really deeply touch the viewer or the reader, the theater might be the most powerful way to do it.

When I think about the future, I'm not necessarily arguing it's going to be better or worse. I'm just saying it's going to be different.

Humiliation, by the way, is a truly terrible emotion. It's at the bottom of the pile.

When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.

I mean the truth is, I've never had it so good in terms of taxes. I am paying the lowest tax rate that I've ever paid in my life.