You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.

I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better lives.

The miracle of your existence calls for celebration every day.

There were lots of little boys having their bar mitzvahs all over the world, and they sent me tapes of some of them that they interviewed, probably six or seven little boys, and there was something about Mendel. I just loved his little face. I loved the energy of Mendel.

The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.

I really feel a sense of responsibility first as a creation of a force that I call God, that's bigger than myself. And because I'm black, I feel the responsibility to that. I feel the responsibility to my womanness. But more importantly, I feel a responsibility to my humanness.

Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.