"We've been at peace about as long as e were at war."

“The greatest answer to prayer is that I am brought into a perfect understanding with God, and that alters my view of actual things.”

“I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have a job that put me close to them and close to filmmakers and close to film sets.”

Source : "Filmmaker Ava DuVernay". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. October 9, 2012.

“I'm really not responsible for what mental operation people have when they're reading my books other than the ones which are created by literary effects.”

“The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.”

“I've spent the majority of my life estranged from either one or both of my parents, and I've really had a lot of time to break down all the reasons why. There was something buried inside of me that said, I've got to kind of unravel the reasons why I don't talk to them; why not just one, but both of my parents and I have these really messed up relationships. And why I've been so fractured all these years. I got to the point where I thought, I was not the best kid. I openly admit that. But then I realized it doesn't matter. I was a kid!”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“We need to accept that some people are camp and some people are butch. Some people are pretty and some people are average, but we all fit.”

Source : Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010.

“No man has a more perfect reliance on the alwise and powerful dispensations of the Supreme Being than I have, nor thinks His aid more necessary.”

“People like to play with the tuna, sometimes.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com