The image is an image..

God hides things by putting them near us..

I often look for beauty in form and structure, and for ideas..

Luck is an accident that happens to the competent..

Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele..

When I was 18 I already had a business going..

Things [only] exist once they are represented..

Luck doesn't shine her light on each of us equally. She is arbitrary, irrational, unfair and sometimes downright cruel..

You can hold onto anything to make you carry on..

Take what you got and fly with it..

Age is deformed, youth unkind, We scorn their bodies, they our mind..

Some folk want their luck buttered..

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

I am not an African. I am an American..

Politics is a highly tribal business..

No one survives life..

Charge for something and make more than you spend..

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire..

Strength is for service, not status.

Poor decisions and bad luck are contingencies of most horror films..