Respectfully, 'Awkward Black Girl' was never meant to be politically correct. We poke fun at ignorance.

Confidence comes from creating something and knowing what I'm supposed to be doing and feeling like I'm good at what I'm supposed to be doing.

I'm always tempted to say, 'Nah, that won't work.' But I think you should be willing to try ideas out before saying no. Be open-minded.

Especially being a woman of color, sometimes it's hard for to put our foot down. You work with a lot of men, and they'll be like, "She has Joyner the best reputation".

It's annoying when people confuse you with the character.

I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it's just not funny.

I used to love being the class clown. I loved to make jokes and make people laugh. There was a set of students who would find it funny. But the cool students were like, 'Eeew!'

A life without books is a thirsty life, and one without poetry is...like a life without pictures.

Home was never a dream for homeless people as they used to have their homes. Living in a home was their reality. Now we need to help them to find the lost-reality again.

I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am.

I'm not superstitious.

I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly.

The highest service we can perform for others is to help them help themselves.

That idea is so damned nonsensical and impossible that I'm willing to stand on the bridge of a battleship while that nitwit tries to hit if from the air.

A loyal liberal can get away with anything with other liberals, as long as that loyal liberal is liberal and attacks conservatives left and right, spouts the right words, they get away with anything.

There is unspeakable joy... for the person who knows release from guilt and the relief of forgiveness.

you don't know me, but i bet you want to.