They will love me for that which destroys me..

Determination is kind of like rhythm: you can't teach it..

The image is an image..

I can teach you to dance, but you have to hear the music..

God hides things by putting them near us..

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

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

Things [only] exist once they are represented..

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

Take what you got and fly with it..

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

You teach people how to treat you..

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..

Learn from every mistake because every experience, encounter, and particularly your mistakes are there to teach you and force you into being more who….

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.

It's all the same for me, how I teach, how I write, how I think..