We don't consider black, urban films as 'indies,' though many of them are shot for under $10 million which is kind of the definition of an indie.

You know what lasts longer than beauty? Being smart.

I've dated a number of 'mama's boys.'

We all have to let go of the Prince Charming complex and realize he doesn't necessarily exist in the package we assume he'll come in.

If we can have drones, we can have brown people on TV, and the world won't end! We need to catch up. We are painfully behind.

I can't just say one time of the year I'm going to do something different. I have to commit to a lifestyle behavioral change and just try to be a little bit better today than I was yesterday.

If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world.

We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go.

You have to be resilient.

When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet.

In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.

It is fatal to look hungry. It makes people want to kick you.

If he treats you a choice like A, B, C, and D, help him understand that YOU are not belong in the choices.

poetry has been able to function quite directly as human interpretation of the raw, loose universe. It is a mixture, if you will, of journalism and metaphysics, or of science and religion.

Believing in yourself you gain confidence, which allows you to relax. Relaxation is one of the most important parts about acting.

The world order which we seek is the co-operation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society.

The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.

Salvation, O the joyful sound! 'Tis pleasure to our ears; A sov'reign balm for ev'ry wound, A cordial for our fears.

Lives, like money, are spent. What are you buying with yours?

If you sent me to cover a pie-baking contest on Mother's Day, I'm going to ask dear old Mom why she used artificial sweetener or stole the apples!

As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation.