I Don't Ever Know Where I'm Going.

I Always Tell People, If A Young Girl Read "beloved" As Her First Novel, She'd Have To Kill Either Herself Or Her Mother, Because In "beloved" You Have A Mother Killing Their Children. This Is Not Something A Child Would Accept Very Easily. And Would Never Understand.

Your Book Grows. The Early Part Of Your Book Is Growing Still While You Are Writing The Later Part Of Your Book.

Black Men Of Our Day Were Never Told, The Sky's The Limit. ... We Could Aspire To Joe Louis But Never Henry Ford.

Rest Easy And Go With The Faith You Lived With

At One Time If You Were A Black Writer You Had To Be One Of The Best Writers In The World To Be Published. You Had To Be Great. Now You Can Be Good. Mediocre. And That's Good.