Because when you stop worrying about what anyone else things, life gets a whole lot easier".

I did not come this far to settle for less than I deserve.

Do you to the best of your ability with love, passion and purpose. The right tribe of people will fall into your life.

Today is a good day to tackle a fear and make yourself proud.

My happiness will not be ruined by people who can not find their own.

Don't worry about the ones who don't recognize your worth. Not everyone has an eye for talent.

When you are your authentic self, you fulfill the possibilities that dwell inside your soul.

How does it feel being a woman's weakness? I mean a real woman. I mean a real weakness.

The relationship of the toastmaster to the speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.

Outside of hip-hop, it was in comics that I most often found the aesthetics and wisdom of my world reflected.

I think an artist is anybody who does something well, like if you cook well.

I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes. You'd know what a drag it is to see you.

It's business, selling comics, you work out what sells and you don't want to muck about with it too much.

I've spent hundreds of hours working over words, and part of me, a large part of me, has a desire to do something else.

Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.

Reading is by far the most successful pursuit of happiness.

Holy Mother Church teaches us to end the year and also our days with an examination of conscience...to be grateful and to ask for forgiveness.