Remember one rule, no rule.

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.

People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.

Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.

I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.

Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to.

It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.

Every body type is different - that's what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.

One truth doesn't refute another. Truth doesn't lie in the object, but in how we see it.

Opportunity makes the man

In theory man is put at the center of everything but in practice he is barely allowed to sit on the sidelines

Television has a different biorhythm than movies. I love the biorhythm of TV.

Ever since I was four years old, I loved making people smile, making them think, making them feel good, feel some kind of emotion.

Mr Hitchens's policy has succeeded in making 10,000 new Bin Ladens.

Personally, I'm very classic. If I'm going to wear a suit, it's going to be classic, black, and fit very well. There's nothing like it.

I hate to sound like an old fuddy duddy, but the game has changed.

As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate.

A real yogin...does not see the difference between a lump of dirt and a lump of gold