Do not throw me out. Please.

Don't even try making out I’m making this up. I’ve got proof. Evidence.

Remember that we always love and think of you. Always. Mother.

Why won’t you help me?
You have to able to manage on your own.

What I want is irrelevant. This is your life, Faith.

A town teeming with life. Full to overflowing. And every day, the good people counted their blessings. Every single one…

Eva: I don't want any tea.
Lil: Don’t make me have it on my own.

Cheer up and give them out there a good reason to be happy.

Always make time to eat. Always. There’s enough starving children in the world without adding to their number

You mustn’t throw them away. Let me have them.

What is it about me that gets them all crying? It’s not the end of the world.

A forest bird never wants a cage.

Unhappy business men, I am convinced, would increase their happiness more by walking six miles every day than by any conceivable change of philosophy.

Criticism can be effective when there is something that must be destroyed or dissolved, but it is capable only of harm when there is something to be built.

You have to taste the sour urine before you break the jug.

If you have an argument with someone and you sulk, sometimes you don't want to speak to them. But it is important to keep your friends close to you and do the right things.

I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill. But career-wise, I'd say I'd want to have something most like Madonna.

There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.

You're always working to improve, and you're always being critiqued on your next performance. It's not about what you've done. There's always room to grow.

I write a syndicated column for The Washington Post that goes to about 200, 250 papers.

I made an airplane out of stone. . . I always did like staying home.