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

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

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.

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.

I am motivated by thoughts of my sorrowful little client and the screwing that he got. I'm the only lawyer Donny Ray has, and it will take much more than paper to slow me down.

The only way to live several lives in one lifespan is to write stories.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work.

For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray. And that is how I got to where I find myself today.

Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.

Sometimes God allows us to be tested because He's preparing us for promotion.

Till men have faith in Christ, their best services are but glorious sins.

M. Myriel had to undergo the fate of every newcomer in a little town, where there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.

If Russia's interests and security are threatened, Russia will resist. Everyone needs to know that.

Honour your daughters, trust them and most importantly, educate them.