Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.

The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.

I hated the bangs in the war: I always felt a silent war would be more tolerable.

I have always wanted to write in such a way that will make people think, Why, I've always thought that but never found the words for it.

Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.

I didn't set fire to the building.""No, but you did pull it into the river.""That put the fire out!

When you live for every second, tomorrow doesn’t matter!

Endurance of life problems, spirit of survival.

but, he also said it because part of him wanted more of her, this cold woman who was not exactly cold, this rock who was not stone.

Winning is like deodorant - it comes up and a lot of things don't stink.

It's not enough to be born free; I have to live my freedom!

I don't think my spirituality has affected my character. I feel like my character is much more cynical about his beliefs, and I think I have to kind of drop what I believe in order to play him.

MC Lyte definitely embraces me. Jada Pinkett Smith embraces me. Those are two people that I can call and get advice. Those are two people that will call me to see what I'm doing.

One never really knows how much one has been touched by a place until one has left it.

If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library.