When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.

'Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there.

It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.

I try not to take on the weight or the burden of it. Once it's on the paper, I try to leave it, because I want to surrender to what I'm supposed to write about.

I think, you know, the people that have seen my work, I think it speaks to the possibility of getting better, and, I'm sorry, I'm still on the last caller.

It doesn't matter if a million people tell you what you can't do, or if ten million tell you no. If you get one yes from God that's all you need.

A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.