In the future, as in the present, as in the past, black people will build many new worlds.This is true. I will make it so. And you will help me.

There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.

If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem.

We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.

Any woman can face the world alone, but why should we have to?

I am not as I once was. They have done this to me, broken me open and torn out my heart. I do not know who I am anymore. I must try to remember.

You're very lucky... Friends are precious, powerful things - hard to earn, harder still to keep. You should thank this one for taking a chance on you.

Once upon a time there was a Once upon a time there was a Once upon a time there was a Stop this. It's undignified.

But perhaps that was just the way of power: no such thing as too much.

There is nothing foolish about hope.

They live forever. But many of them are even more lonely and miserable than we are. Why do you think they bother with us? We teach them life's value.

I always look towards the light of my desires, so I never forget where I'm going.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

Russia is leading a movement around the world to spread autocracy and authoritarianism.

Everybody was happy my brother was locked up. Not me because I know what it feels like to be in there. It ain't made for everybody, but I knocked a lot of blocks down.

Some of the mini-worlds that filmmakers have created are so ingrained in my love of culture.

On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesn't come naturally. It's all necessary stuff I suppose but it's not my strength.

Is it me, or is the government more concerned about its own tax headaches, than your tax headaches?

To be an author, and an executive producer, and a host, and I don't even know, I mean I actually have a resume now, which is pretty cool.

The happiest hours of my life have been spent in the flow of affection among friends.

With every death, a world is disappearing.