I sing the National Anthem, while I'm standing, over your body, hold you like a python.

Be like snow - cold, but beautiful.

Be Young, Be Dope, Be Proud.

I am nostalgic of an era I never knew.

What other people think of me is none of my business. Sometimes, it hurts my feelings, but I have to just keep going.

No matter how many people give me advice, I am going to do what my heart tells me to do

Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don't fail forever.

They judge me like a picture book, by the colors, like they forgot to read.

Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful? Will you still love me when I've got nothing but my aching soul?

Sometimes I wish I was a beautiful machine so I could resist your kiss and not cry when you're mean.

In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee.

Because you're beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence.

Hope is the second soul of the unhappy.

All great movies have one thing in common: every frame of every scene could stand alone as a work of art. Why should it be different in a book?

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll take up, and the more we'll have to be reckoned with.

I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.

We need a serious leader to deal with this. And I believe I'm that guy.

Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again.

Self-pity is the simplest luxury.

Fascinatingly confident, rude people are great.

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.