Someone who knew me well once accused me of being unromantic. And that's probably true: I don't trust romance.

There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.

The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.

Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a bullet.

I was given a dictionary when I was seven, and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I read it the way you read a book.

People don't make changes because things are wonderful.

I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance.

People only say I’m angry because I’m black and I’m a woman.

A great piece of literature encompasses all that is and all that will be.

...yet a memory cannot be trusted, for so much of the experience of the past is determined by the experience of the present.

I'm so used to being misunderstood.

A person who magnanimously exhibits their passion allows us to witness their authentic personality whereas a cold and calculating personality remains inscrutable.

You have to fight great battles to guard your mind, extraordinary battles to protect your heart, and remarkable battles to defend your soul.

Loneliness is no respecter of persons. It invades the palace as well as the hut.

Creation is not restricted to the artist but instead is about how we bring ourselves authentically into the world both through our doing and being.

I think nearly every artist continually wants to reach the edge of nothingness - the point where you can’t go any further.

Over 6 million people were evacuated from New Jersey ahead of the hurricane. And now, three of them have gone back.

I've been on the road for four years. I won't recognise the place again, until I walk out on stage.

Who's to say the effort to be real isn't the beginning of wings?

If I had stayed in Hollywood, I would have killed myself. Or someone would have done it for me.

If we are going to allow somebody to request a recount, the intent obviously is that you expect a recount to be included.