Excuses are merely nails used to build a house of failure.

I may not be where I want to be but I'm thankful for not being where I used to be.

It is sad that people need alcohol to make them happy.

The difference between greed and ambition is a greedy person desires things he isn't prepared to work for.

If she does not respect you, she will replace you.

The more you overthink the less you will understand.

Use your profession to fund your passion.

There is enough dough in the world to make bread for us all to eat together.

My mind may be sober, but my confidence is high!

A good woman keeps her mind right and her body tight.

Her black is beautiful, his society is ugly.

If the sun isn't shining where you are, be the sunshine where you are.

Had middle class black women begun a movement in which they had labeled themselves "oppressed," no one would have taken them seriously.

Everyone's a little nothing.

I can write better plays than any living danced, and dance better than any living playwright.

I believe babies are born as innovative personalities... But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning.

My religion lies in my composition.

I challenge the challenges. I like to face the problems. I don't run away from them. Whatever loss I have to face it, I face it.

Life is about chasing after the things you think are truly worth it, even if they don't happen, I'd rather have nothing but know I didn't settle for something I didn't want!

I just try to do what I'm interested in and hope that some people will connect.

Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.