I'm Not An Angry Woman. I'm Not

Few Writers Are Willing To Admit Writing Is Autobiographical.

Now, I've Been Known To Be Attractive On Special Occasions, And I Do My Best To Project As Much Beauty As I Can Muster From Deep Inside, Though I Often Fail.

I Don't Trust White Critics' Judgment About Most Things That Deal With Black Life, Particularly When A Black Person Is The Creator.

Wherever There's A Prison, For The Most Part, Especially Where There's Black People, It's Overcrowded. I Don't Know Who Really Gets Out.

I Love Writing In First Person More Than Third. I Have To Basically Suspend My Own World. I Don't Exist. I'm Just A Conduit. So I Can Be Eight Years Old. I Can Be The Mother Of A Kid That You Find Out Certain Things I'm Not Going To Say.