I feel like we need to make new superheroes, African-American superheroes, that people would accept.

Never stop being YOU. I am out to be the best ME I can be. Do what you LOVE and you will be badass.

You get better at working by working. And if you don't work, you're not getting better.

Never let anyone define you. You are the only person who defines you. No one can speak for you. Only you speak for you. You are your only voice.

Never stop! Slow down sometimes, but never stop!

I call myself the Amusement Park. That's because I'm funny and scary at the same time.

It ain't easy being cheesy!

You can't be perfect, so enjoy your imperfections.

The thing that you think is imperfect about you, is the thing that makes you who you are. It separates you from everybody else.

It's great to be strong but strength is nothing without having compassion.

Trying to be cool is the easiest path to mediocrity

To shift your life in a desired direction, you must powerfully shift your subconscious.

There is nothing more valuable in the writing process than a friend to hold you accountable to your own potential.

The drive for happiness is vital it's what keeps us in motion.

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

Some of my very closest friends are my guy friends, going back to the third grade, so I believe in the integrity of the male-female friendship.

As is the case with many Middle Eastern nations, women are nowhere near equal to men when it comes to basic freedoms and rights that we take for granted every day.

Just two words: a masterpiece.

She could smell the pages. She could almost taste the words as they stacked up around her.

It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women

The world would use us just as it did the martyrs, if we loved God as they did.