I don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a realist.

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.

Don't wait for permission to do something creative.

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.

What would killing the Elders result in?" "Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary?

Finding the reason to live doesn't put you on top, it's the hardships faced in process that get you there.

Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautifu

Heaven goes by favor if it went by merit you would stay out and your dog would go in.

People do make mistakes and I think they should be punished. But they should be forgiven and given the opportunity for a second chance. We are human beings.

Every relationship has its complications.

Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.

I may play some exhibition games so I don't want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it's a firm decision not to play competitive chess anymore.

I never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.

It's how you live that really counts