I think there are a lot of people in this industry that have the ability, that have the position, they have the opportunity, they have the privilege to call the shots and could do it too.

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.

There's no way I can stop writing, it's a form of insanity.

If I see darkness in men of God I bring light to them.

It is like confessing to a murder.

There are a lot of human beings out there who are very hostile towards anything that rocks their perceptual boat.

The world is a progressively realized community of interpretation.

Man can certainly keep on lying (and does so), but he cannot make truth falsehood.

The more prepared I am, the more I'll be in control, less nervous, less stressed and more focused.

Southern California doesn't know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot.

The only burden you have ever had is your mind.

Odd how it was so easy for a stranger to assume such familiarity. Especially when those who were supposed to know you best often didn't, not at all.