As a young boy you gave me whoopings to save my life.

You can do anything you put your heart, mind and soul into. Far more than you can imagine. Be fearless. Do it.

All I ever wanted, all I ever needed was a father.

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.

We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference.

She had a big ole booty, I was doing my duty.

Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals.

You can't let your past hold your future hostage.

Sometimes you've just got to grab an apple - or grapes, or strawberries. Something that's healthy but maybe a little bit more adventurous, if you can see fruit as adventurous.

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

Like your booty don't stink.

Learning to locate your own gut response is essential if you are to be able to identify and acknowledge your intuition.

In this walk to freedom, we must, without question obtain hearts of honesty and a tongue of truthfulness.

Sing your bliss, and the blissful will congregate.

I may be personable, but I assure you I am a lion.

If a woman's got nothing but her fair fame to feed on, why, it's thin tack, and a donkey would die of it!

Of all the excellent copyedits I've received over the years, Marie-Lynn Hammond's was by far the best. Her work on Half Blood Blues was incredibly sensitive and astute.

When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.

Some people tend to believe that I'm a strong believer, a strong Christian, but that's not true. I'm not a strong believer. I'm very weak.

There are certain tribes in the middle Sepik that eat raw bat. A certain kind of raw bat is a delicacy.

It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.