Not everything's made to win an Academy Award.

You know me. It's my duty to please that booty.

Just 'cause you pour syrup on something doesnt make it pancakes

I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.

If you do not have courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of your other virtues.

You ain't got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want.

We've come a long way in our thinking, but also in our moral decay. I can't imagine Dr. King watching the 'Real Housewives' or 'Jersey Shore.'

I grew up in the South with guns everywhere and we never shot anyone. This [shooting] is about people who aren't taught the value of life.

If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.

Anyone who tells you money can't buy happiness never had any.

The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.

The eye of your mind—your intelligence

Updike and Bellow and Roth were my three favorite writers when I was young and throughout my life.

A goal is the basic unit of life design.

Yes, writing is essential to me. It's my way of living in the world.

I got into a Broadway show before I ever sang and danced. I learned how after I got in the show.

He who neglects the present moment throws away all he has.

If you wear short skirts you get your femininity back.

I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage – though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow.

Put your trust in the living God and all will be right in time and eternity.

No, I love watching autopsies of disgusting mutant monsters