I can't think of anything I'd rather have more than somebody lovin' me.

If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.

I'm tired of carrying around the weight of the world. I'm just going to lay it down now. It's my time to die, and it's your time to live. Don't mess it up.

Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now

Every living creature on the earth is special. You want to be the one that puts an end to one of them?

We are so limited, you have to use the same word for loving Rosaleen as you do for loving Coke with peanuts. Isn't that a shame we don't have many more ways to say it?

There is nothing perfect...only life.

I realized it for the first time in my life: there is nothing but mystery in the world, how it hides behind the fabric of our poor, browbeat days, shining brightly, and we don't even know it.

And when you get down to it, Lily, that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love but to persist in love.

Actually, you can be bad at something...but if you love doing it, that will be enough. - August Boatwright

The beauty of artifacts is in how they reassure us we’renot the first to die.

We have witnessed the terrible increases in the incidence of alcoholism, the advent of drug dependency, the protests, marches, strikes and human alienation.

If you look at any ancient civilization, they've all used fantasy stories to train the young.

Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.

I have schedules that separate everything.

Being President is a little bit like riding a tiger. You have to keep riding, or else you will be swallowed up by it!

There's always male roles I want to play. I'm so annoyed when I watch movies and go, "That could have been played by a woman."

We just didn't put any pressure on each other, and I think that everybody needs somebody, and I didn't do it to try to do it; it's what we [with Nina Simone] were to each other.

Everything is true Everything anybody has ever thought

Baby, I ain't trash. Trash is something you throw away. My people keep me.