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“It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that someone who was allowed to feel free and strong from childhood does not have the need to humiliate another person.”
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“Freedom is never given; it is won.”
Source : Keynote speech given at the Second National Negro Congress, 1937.
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“In the world we make good as evil and evil as good.”
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“The enemy of a love is never outside, it's not a man or a woman, it's what we lack in ourselves.”
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“People know that I always do my hair and makeup, but I also love doing crafts. I love getting a blank canvas and painting something.”
Source : Source: www.glamour.com
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“I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from six until midnight, night after night.”
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“I don't want to say I'm never going to direct again, but directing's hard work.”
Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“I grew up in the projects with four older brothers. And there were tough, macho gangsters, drug dealers, killers, and thugs all in my neighborhood. And they were afraid of my mother. So, yeah, I know some strong women.”
