Everyone knows how we white people feel, the glorified Mammy figure who dedicates her whole life to a white family. Margaret Mitchell covered that. But no one ever asked Mammy how she felt about it.

Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.

Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.

Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision. You gone have to ask yourself, "Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?

I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good.

....I realized I actually had a choice in what I could believe.

You is kind. You is smart. You is important.

Great books give you a feeling that you miss all day, until you finally get to crawl back inside those pages again.

...and that's when I get to wondering, what would happen if I told her she something good, ever day?

I was surprise to see the world didn't stop just cause my boy did.

Who knew paper and ink could be so vicious

Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.

Today is Your Day to Dance Lightly with Life. It Really Is.

If somebody is going to kill me or hurt me..., let's be the enemy not my friends!

A dreamer must be discovered working or working on it or it is reduced to a wish.

The failure of love, that's what all laws are really.

I did this movie, Predestination, and it's one of my favorite movies I've ever made, because sci-fi really lets you talk about ideas in a way that's not pretentious.

I know of no title that I deem more honorable than that of Professor of the Harvard Law School.

No matter what comes your way, shake it off and move forward. When you have a positive mindset, you can't be defeated.

Next time you want to quit, think who you want to be. Quitters never win.

My family in general - they're troubled or poorer people.