When it all comes down to it, life isn't about how much we get - it's about how much we share.

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.

A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery so the old women have to have it.

You know, people don't want their intelligence insulted. They don't want to be preached to. They don't want to be degraded. All they want to do is sit, laugh, have a good time, love one another, forget about what's going on in the world, and find something out so they can be useful in this life. Do this and you have common sense.

I know I can only do as much as I can do... Although I have so many ideas of my own, I'm still very interested in helping to cultivate and encourage some promising new artists. But there are a lot of people and, unfortunately, a very small window.

There were certain areas in the country where I couldn't go without being stopped and asked for autographs and pictures for years.

You can,t make yourself happy by causing other peoples misery -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys