The dream - you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.

Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.

I wasn't supported, I wasn't given any self-esteem.

A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.

I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.

I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.

I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.