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Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

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Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

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It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want to make sure God doesn't have to do any guesswork.

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I like doing the readings and the autographing, but the interviewing gets a little tedious because you get asked the same questions every day and sometimes three or four times a day.

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I don't live my life as a writer. I'm a mother, an African-American woman, and I do everything that everybody else does - cook and a little bit of cleaning.

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What's universal is the texture of our relationships. It's evolving. Times are changing with the women's movement. Men's roles are being redefined and, in some ways, they're confused.

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I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.

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I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it.

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People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.

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I can't stand that - those women in 'Waiting to Exhale' now. I can't stand them. But that's because I'm 53 and not 33. But what they were experiencing at 33, I identified with it.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: October 18th, 1951

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