One thing I've learned is be comfortable in your skin, and more importantly, be comfortable in your shoes.

The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.

I can only live in my truth.

To be silent is to be passive.

As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, and take frequent rest stops.

You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.

The things that scare you only make you better and stronger.

I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life.

Everything happens when it's supposed to.

There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted to make sure that her integrity was preserved.

I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.

Let your passion serve as your energy source to keep you going.

The longest road to finding yourself is the one that begins at home, and ends at your home.

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

For those who don't know what they are doing, painting is easy. For those who do know what they are doing, painting is difficult.

When I struggle to be terse, I end by being obscure.

Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.

We were living in the Slad Road when my father left us. I was about three.

I will remark in the way of general information, that in California, that land of felicitous nomenclature, the literary name of this sort of stuff is "hogwash"

This Administration has led us into an area without vision. Bush has no clear understanding of what is being asked of the citizens, and the military is under his direction.

The love withheld is always the love we long for most.