It always seemed to me that white people were judged as individuals. But if a Negro did something stupid or wrong, it was held against all of us.

I'm a hundred-and-one years old and at my age, honey, I can say what I want!

[My mother told me:] "You must decide whether you want to get married someday, or have a career."... I set my sights on the career. I thought, what does any man really have to offer me?

Turning one hundred was the worst birthday of my life. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Turning 101 was not so bad. Once you're past that century mark, it's just not as shocking.

I need not flatter any man

When both partners strive for a marriage that honours and pleases God, they can be assured of an everlasting joy and peace.

My mother always tells me that anyone who gets enjoyment from other people's misery will eventually get the greatest discomfort from his or her own miseries.

The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.

Having spent a lot of time trying to figure out screenwriting, I do feel moved and I want to try to write good roles for women of every age.

The thing about working on a TV show is that it becomes, very quickly, all consuming.

The concept of time shuts off eternity.

No two leaves were alike, and yet there is no antagonism between them or between the branches on which they grow.

You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.

He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god.