There's no point in fighting for a woman that is rude and boring, just because she's hot. Such woman shortens your lifespan.

Years ago a black man spoke about love and was crucified. Then Martin Luther King spoke about equality and was shot. Can you SEE why?

I think mixed women from interracial marriages are beautiful, and for many reasons, all of them good.

The funniest thing people say to me: "I wish I had your life". Hello! I make a living writing about it.

A $3 Cup of Coffee is Worth a Book.

If you're not hated by many, you're not good enough yet, because God hates and always hated the majority for good reasons.

There is more ability to meditate in a rabbit than in one thousand Buddhists.

I don't have a problem with a world full of vampires and zombies but with one where the law forbids me from shooting them.

We are programmed to succeed from birth but we deprogram ourselves with beliefs

I've never tried to be famous or become a bestseller, just rich and remembered. The rest is a bonus.

My evolution as a writer? Mother said "stop talking like that", teachers said "you're weird", readers say "best book ever

The will is your most important asset. If you lose it, you have lost everything.

I long for the day where we don't have to talk about our age as actresses.

I wanted to finally feel better about understanding. I painted my wife because I wanted to understand her. I can talk to her, but I didn't understand why I was so compelled.

Each day the storm clouds were opening like great purple flowers and pouring out their dark thunder. Each nightfall, the storm was laid down on their houses like a burden the day had carried.

People might say, 'Jimmy Cliff, you've done a lot, achieved a lot. What more can you want?

Email is very informal, a memo. But I find that not signing off or not having a salutation bothers me.

When you're with your family you're with them and when you're working you're doing that. I definitely try to separate the time when I'm working and when I have my personal time.

Thank God for movie music. It preserves the rich vocabulary in classical music through challenging times.

Flowers every night Blossom in the sky; Peace in the Infinite, At peace am I.

Thank you for bringing me home.