“In a cold place, there's no such thing as today, just tomorrow. Will i...” — Tananarive Due Quote

“In a cold place, there's no such thing as today, just tomorrow. Will it snow tomorrow? Will it be sunny tomorrow?”

“I believe black characters in fiction are still revolutionary, given our long history of erasure.”

“As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'”

“Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.”

“I characterize myself a little bit as a reluctant filmmaker. I learned from watching my friend in college stay up late at night, at 2 A.M., just to get the lighting right, and I thought, 'You know what, if that's what it's going to be like, I think I'm just going to write,' and I did that.”

“Time heals, you said.”

“No need to feel guilty if you can't be a good man all the time.”

“Time after time have nations, ay, and rich and strong nations, learned in the arts, been, and passed away to be forgotten, so that no memory of them remains. This is but one of several; for Time eats up the works of man.”

“A year seems like a lot of time now at this end - it isn't. [...] Don't lose your sense of urgency on the other hand, on the other, don't be too hard on yourself - or expect too much.”

“What happened to all the time technology was supposed to save?”

“I started to get the sense that the endless ticking sound in my head might actually be the sound of the hearts of all the people in the world beating in time with one another.”