Marriage, like love, is an aspiration. It's a process.
— Ruby Dee
My stepmother wanted to be an actress.
I don't know who I would be if I weren't this child from Harlem, this woman from Harlem. It's in me so deep.
Black women have to know the historical and everyday struggles of black men, and our men have to know the struggles of black women in America.
The Divine Impulse - it's always safe to follow it. We've got to trust it and go wherever it takes us. Especially women.
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.
God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.
It is so calming, marriage.
I'd come from a background in New York of picketing and protesting.
I'm proud of doing 'Long Day's Journey into Night,' for which I won an ACE award.
My constant battle is putting aside time wasters, and I have to watch out for procrastination. Staying on the path of something you're trying to create has much to do with having confidence in yourself and in your capacity to realize the things you want out of life.
I think all human beings have a godlike, divine power, only most of us don't tap into it.
OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head.
Marriage is really an exciting adventure.
I never thought about myself as an activist when we were coming along. I love the people I love. I didn't care whether they could be a Democrat, Republican, communist... anything but a racist.
Oh, I'm impressed with Lorraine Hansberry. She was a genius at whose feet I could sit.
We women have a great function to perform. The world needs us.
I have this deep love for authors. I think that we don't do enough to encourage love of words and love of books.
The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.
