We may all host ourselves to death, and if we're all dead who will host our funerals?

Change the world by being yourself.

We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work, it doesn't matter. But work is third.

Continue to share your heart with people even if it's been broken.

Symmetry is pleasing but not as sexy. Einstein is cool but Picasso knows what I'm talking about.

There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do.

I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.

If your career is a bad boyfriend, it is healthy to remember you can always leave and go sleep with somebody else.

Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know.

Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.

As she always did on any really important day, Penelope Hayes wore red.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

My greatest influence has been the blues. And that's a literary influence, because I think the blues is the best literature that we as black Americans have.

Affliction hardens those whom it does not soften.

I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place.

The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing.

Efforts can succeed over time, and not trying ensures that the worst will happen.

Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die.

I think the whole glory of writing lies in the fact that it forces us out of ourselves and into the lives of others.

If you want to be a filmmaker, ask yourself if you could imagine doing any other job. If you can, that’s a script!