I'm not suspicious of success, I'm suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.

There will be rough nights but joy really does come in the morning.

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.

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

If you are in business trying to make it, things are falling apart and you can’t get it together and you don’t know what is going on and you wanna stop. Don’t stop. The only way you can make it and have true success in your life. And there’s one way. You can’t have any fear.

The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.

There's a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can't meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible.