I think if I had been a man, I would be richer. That hurts. But at the same time, I have to keep fighting and not think too much about "what if," because that doesn't lead you anywhere.

You have to fight for respect. In life, even cashiers at the supermarket, if they're women, they're differently treated. It's a reality. The reality is not nice; it's not pretty.

Accept people, don't stereotype people. Don't think because right now they're driving a cab, they're not going to have a master's degree or that they're dumber than you.

Since I started making movies, I've had to hear a million times, "When are you going to do a comedy?" I think I feel more comfortable in another kind of movie.

A friend is like a mirror: he’s the one who reflects your light most accurately. However, a close friend not only reflects your self but enhances and embellishes it.

Define who you are. Define your future.

I am very much aware that if I am getting good press at the moment I could just as easily be getting bad press. I cannot have the good and forget the bad. You have to accept it both ways.

A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.

People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less. I doubt if you would have believed it all yourself if you hadn't seen some of it.

Once you've had your life burn down, it takes time to be a Phoenix.

I'd be the last person in the world to deny that there are many people for whom faith is - can be a great sustaining force.

Photographs trade simultaneously on the prestige of art and the magic of the real.

Give love, give help, give service, and give any little thing you can, but keep out barter.

Had our hearts been pure, we would never tire with the Dhikr of Allaah.