Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one's own actions or lack of action.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

Success is a matter of choice, not chance ~ Deepak Mehra

Woman cannot survive on droplets, she requires waves to regularly crash over her shores as the moon gives way to the sun...

The night before a deadline, I usually am in desperate need of a back rub. And new wrists. And candy. And little mice to secretly finish the job while I am sleeping.

The only time the word baby doesn't scare me is the time that it should, when it is what a man calls me.

My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!

We magnify Him who is worthy above all others and adore Him simply because of who He is.

I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.

My music is a very personal reflection of me, whereas, acting a role, thats a reflection of another character.

Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy.