When People Say You're Charming You Are

At The Time I Was Taught To Read, It Was An Eden-like Time Of My Life. My Mother Adored Me. Everyone Adored Me. So I Associate Reading With Enormous Pleasure.

I Love Planting. I Love Digging Holes, Putting Plants In, Tapping Them In. And I Love Weeding, But I Don't Like Tidying Up The Garden Afterwards.

I Write Out Of Defiance.

People Only Say I’m Angry Because I’m Black And I’m A Woman.

I'm Always Telling My Students Go To Law School Or Become A Doctor, Do Something, And Then Write. First Of All You Should Have Something To Write About, And You Only Have Something To Write About If You Do Something.