"Criminal justice" was a term she found more apt than it was meant to be.

I wanted to pay homage to working women because they are the bridge that got us over.' My work is about the people who are assumed not to have a worldview.

No matter how old we get, life's always got a lesson for you. Most likely one you've learned ten times before.

[On speaking of family secrets:] I don't know how you heal a wound and not let it get some air.

For just once in my life, I'd like to get through a whole week without having to deal with some fool, white or black, who's got an attitude about the way I look.

When you get to the end of the rainbow, you haven't even started yet.

Through your Soul’s partnership the answers to all of life’s questions - mysteriously come tumbling forth.

Audiences want to see them, and in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.

Every person has parallel tracks. You have your personal life or your life as an artist, or whatever it is you do.

I probably hold more town halls than any member of Congress.

I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.

The big question isn't whether you have problems; the all-important factor is your attitude toward problems. How you think of the problem is more important than the problem itself.

What we are assigned to bear is in a sense a measure of our stature.

I guess I get enough real life, in real life, so that's why I like things that are more extreme.