Everything that I talk about, pretty much, are things that I learned or understood over the years.

It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four shows a week.

If you don't want my God here, you don't want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money...

You can't build your life around hurts from the past" -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys

I tell people, if you're thinking about suicide, all that stuff I've attempted and thought about it. If you think about it, life gets better. The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.

I want an open dialogue. I want husbands and wives and people in relationships to walk out of the theater thinking, "Could this happen to me? I know I'm being tempted."

Don't stop. Narrow your focus to one idea, and make it work. That will give birth to all of the others. All you can do is plant the seed and water it.