Too many people I've loved dearly have left this earth. And some I've lost are still here breathing the same air. That grief can be comparable if not worse in its consumption.

Pain doesnt have a face and pain doesnt have a certain way of adjusting. Pain is universal.

Black women are supposed to be 'strong,' but the burden of carrying our race and carrying our families adds the pressure.

I think a film is a failure if it doesn't have an emotional effect. That's the film's failure. Not if it doesn't deliver a message, but if it doesn't have emotional effect or visceral effect.

I'm not married, nor do I want to be. I'm the loving kind but not the marrying kind, though I am romantic.

I love playing different characters and things that are challenging. I'm not interested in safety at all. That's what makes me get up in the morning.

We are consciousness examining and expressing itself so that it can become increasingly aware of its infinite capacity for being and evolving.

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

I'm me. I'm just out there being myself. I like having fun. But at the same time, I bring everybody together. So I'm really -- or I try to be -- like the glue of the team.

No matter how closely you examine the water, glucose, and electrolyte salts in the human brain, you can't find the point where these molecules became conscious.

I find myself moved by social justice issues. I'm not sure where that will lead me. I'm willing to nurture it.

I have loved music since I was a little kid. I was always wanted to write the music I hear in my head and have it be shared with the world.

It's a mystery to me what makes people laugh.

Hunger is the argument that is driving India to the spinning wheel.

I really don't like the city anymore. You get pushed and harassed and people grope you. It's too tumultuous. It's too crazy.

I can't see what God's plan is. I just know I've got to live with it.