African American women actively contested white constructions of black female labor.

By reading books, you lose your old self and you find your new self! To read is to travel from self to another self!

And whatever ye shall ask in my name that will I do.

I hate when the sun is high and there are no shadows. If I could do super high-budget movies, I would only shoot when the sun starts to get low - but you can't just shoot for four hours every day.

I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it.

As the gentleman decays, the lady survives as the strongest evidence of his former predominance.

Pain is temporary, glory...lasts forever!

I had a second birth when my soul and my body loved one another and were married.

Remember that one touch of ill-nature makes the whole world kin.

In fact, I think for a lot of writers, it's so hard to be read.

If you wish strongly, have courage and endurance, then you can get to the summit of your dream.