You're only as good as your last book.

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.

We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore.

Read to rediscover.

We are born. We die. Somewhere in between we live. And how we live is up to us. That’s it.

I went to an all white school where I dealt with racism.

All inspiration comes from a higher power. The body is a shell. The creative spot is from God - You hear voices, everybody does. When you get older, you refer to it as intuition.

Then in came this script with another very low offer, and another drug addict and a depressing and difficult part to play. I thought, 'Why should I put myself through that for hardly any money?'

The laws are stacked for the wealthy.

If you play with temptation do not expect God will deliver you

By sealing our work with our blood, we may see at least the bright dawn of universal happiness.

To turn away a guest is poorest poverty; To bear with fools is mightiest might.

My reaction to a lot of the current situation that we're in is based in part on a serious concern that the present administration's course ignores reality.