“Write for a cause,NOT APPLAUSEWrite to express,NOT TO IMPRESS.Writing isnt just about being noticedIT'S BEING REMEMBERED.”

“Manuscript rejections might tempt you to quit writing or querying. Don't.”

“Sadly, we cant live forever. But we can write something that will.”

“You don't have INSOMNIA. You're a writer with an unfinished book!”

“Writing isn't only about a completed piece of work.Its about the writer youre becoming while creating.”

“A dream is like a first draft. No one will ever see it but you.”

“Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.”

“Pride be damned, we do what must be done to survive.”

“I'd love to do comedy. And I think I have a pretty good sense of comic thing, so I'd really like to try that.”

“Sometimes when you go through things, you bottle them up inside and try to act like everything is fine. Because you want to forget they ever happened. But you have to trust me when I say that doesn...”

“When you're a black woman, her mother said, ain't no hiding what you are. Day you try, is the day you die. Stand tall, smile bright, and let 'em wonder what secret's making you laugh.”

“If you don't go through the shaking, you shall never be ready for the making.”