I write a lot in my head. The revision goes on internally. It's not spontaneous and it doesn't have a schedule.

There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.

The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.

Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a bullet.

I was given a dictionary when I was seven, and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I read it the way you read a book.

People don't make changes because things are wonderful.

I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance.

People only say I’m angry because I’m black and I’m a woman.

A great piece of literature encompasses all that is and all that will be.

...yet a memory cannot be trusted, for so much of the experience of the past is determined by the experience of the present.

I'm so used to being misunderstood.

Om is the signature sound of this Universe. It is the soundless sound of existence.

Smart people think. Brave people talk. Great people act.

Our laugh is a torment and our cry is a joy for the Satan!

God is unchanging in His love. He loves you. He has a plan for your life. Don't let the newspaper headlines frighten you. God is still sovereign; He's still on the throne.

If you don't generate tension in the film to begin with... you can't really make a purse out of a sow's ear, you know.

I've always been a player and a person who wanted to be the best at whatever he did.

I'm part of that generation that grew up watching TV, and being an actor was all about being on TV or being in films.

A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.

Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.

Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling.