Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it.

If somebody is really trying to take your head off with a baseball bat - I don't know how long you're supposed to stand there and turn the other cheek, so he or she can get a better angle at taking your head off.

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.

Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.

Live as though life was created for you.

It's amazing. I can do anything. And do it well. Any good thing, I can do it. That's why I am who I am, yes, because God loves me and I'm amazed at it. I'm grateful for it.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!