Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?

In the far upper corner of my altar is a photo of Joan Crawford in her most fierce Mommy Dearest mode, just to remind me of some of the cost of everyone's hard-earned sweetness and light.

Animals were not made for us, or our use. They have their own use, which is just being who they are.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.

I don't focus on criticism. I prefer to praise people and the world, rather than criticize them and it.

It didn't take long to realize I didn't hardly know nothing. And that if you ast yourself why you black or a man or a woman or a bush it don't mean nothing if you don't ast why you here, period

I'm not being disrespectful of the medium; it's just not as important as the work that I actually do [books].