Don't wait for permission to do something creative.

If your dream only includes you, it's too small.

Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal.

Figure out what you need to do to be the heroine of your own story.

If you're doing something outside of dominant culture there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself.

When you're in your lane, there's no traffic.

We have to find new ways to work without permission, new ways to turn corners and go through doors that are closed off to us to create our own audiences and our own material independently.

I've passed along some advice that Oprah [Winfrey] gave to me: When something bad is happening, it's not happening to you; it's happening for you.

Stop asking, start doing.

If your work is solid, it really doesn't matter what people you know because good work starts to rise to the top.

Because my mom always told me that I could. From a very early age, I felt comfortable leading.

We tell our stories differently, don't we, you and I?

The only way your dream will never come true is if you choose not to listen to it.

Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.

Life is a dream even in its most painful moments, it's a dream that we can dance to.

I'm never proper or careful, but I never curse in front of my mother, either.

Never attribute to malice or other deliberate decision what can be explained by human frailty, imperfection, or ignorance.

I believe the only things that really matter in investing are the bubbles and the busts

Whether I'm shooting 10-under or 10-over I have to realize people have come a long way to see me play. I can't be back-handing putts.

Should I warm the oven and bake you a batch of hero cookies? - Zephyra

ZENITH / NOON beats out / on its solar anvil / the rays of light