I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed.

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.

At times I felt that the universe fabricated from the power of imagination had stronger and more lasting contours than the blurred realm of the flesh-and-blood creatures around me.

Sometimes, as in a game of chess, we must strategically regress so that we might progress toward our ultimate objective.

As in the case of wines that improve with age the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

Most budget airlines anywhere in the world are going to leave you dissatisfied after using them.

Pure motives do not insure perfect results.

We can solve many problems in an appropriate way, without any difficulty, if we cultivate harmony, friendship and respect for one another.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.

I can never sit still for five minutes.

I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years.