Never be a pioneer. It's the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.

Think of yourself as an athlete. I guarantee you it will change the way you walk, the way you work, and the decisions you make about leadership, teamwork, and success.

As long as you don't forgive who and whatever it is will occupy a rent-free space in your mind.

What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn't you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed.

I want to be the best in whatever I do.

We live thinking we will never die, We die thinking we have never lived

Inside my head I carry: my baby goat, my baby brother, my ama's face, our family's future. My bundle is light. My burden is heavy.

We don't say nothing more. What else is there to say? Everything and nothing. You can't say everything, so you don't say nothing.

The benefits of feminism have been unequally distributed, because the move toward gender equality and gender neutrality has been countered to a large extent by the increase in economic inequality.

In fiction 'issues' are accidental, sometimes incidental. The place and the people it creates are paramount.

Style is a very simple matter; it is all rhythm. Once you get that, you can't use the wrong words.