Seasons change. So do cities. People come into your life and people go, but it's comforting to know: the ones you love are always in your heart. And if you're very lucky, a plane ride away.

That's the thing about needs. Sometimes when you get them met, you don't need them anymore.

Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. Without them, what would shape our lives? Perhaps, if we never veered off course, we wouldn't fall in love or have babies or be who we are.

I really enjoy women and I totally understand and applaud the diversity that they have in terms of their emotions and intellects and vulnerability and strengths.

People pull away from something if it's not of good taste. People lean into something if it's okay.

Here's what happens - you create something in the moment that you feel will be good, and then... people's reactions to it or people referencing it years later, it's a compliment.

Nothing else exists when art does.

I don't wear a watch. How do I know my time? I find that someone will always tell me.

Every character when born is a stereotype.

I always like a good math solution to any love problem.

People wince when something is in bad taste. They laugh when it's funny. If it's too dirty or wrong, they won't laugh. But if it's a big, dirty, smart, funny laugh, they love it.

If you have to love, then love greatly.

Since the future's so iffy, I'll turn my attention to the past.

If the world powers are not prepared to insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal is signed, at the very least they should insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal expires.

Marriage isn't a 50-50 proposition very often. It's more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.

Baby girl you need to stop it, all that pride and self esteem got you angry bout this girl I'm wit in all them magazines.

Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit, a never-ending process.

Life is my university, and I hope to graduate from it with some distinction.

Immaterial art is the strongest because there's no obstacle; there's just energy, and I believe in energy.

I don't claim to say, "All black women are like me," because they're not.

I've always traveled. I'm a professor in a limited way. I teach one class two quarters out of four, so I get traveling done.