When I try to describe myself to God I say, 'Lord, remember me? Black? Female? Six-foot tall? The writer?' And I almost always get God's attention.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

Good friends will allow you to be as innocent and free as a child when in private, and as wise and mature as an adult when in public.

If you don't Understand the color of Darkness and Loneliness Then you must be Blind

When you are a long way from where you think you belong, you will attach yourself to people you would otherwise ignore or even dislike.

Write relentlessly, until you find your voice. Then, use it.

I'll be one of the spokespeople, one of the people who sells the Administration's plans.

Teamwork is the glue which binds losers together

I'm thinking about American votes and American - all Americans, black or white have to be concerned about what's happening in the world.

Gena Rowlands is fabulous.

I don't even know what's brilliant in fashion anymore. There are too many voices.

Be not Afraid of anything. You will do Marvelous work. it is Fearlessness that brings Heaven even in a moment.