People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.

I can't stand that - those women in 'Waiting to Exhale' now. I can't stand them. But that's because I'm 53 and not 33. But what they were experiencing at 33, I identified with it.

I'd crack up without my music. It's the best company you can have, really. It don't say 'no' or 'maybe,' or ask no questions.

I used to get a lot of letters from prisoners. It used to get on my nerves. Especially family members. Everybody's innocent.

I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.

Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.