"Simply the thing that I am shall..." - Quote by William Shakespeare

“Lovers ever run before the clock”

“To be once in doubt Is once to be resolved.”

“O, how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors.”

“True eloquence scorns eloquence.”

“No varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself.”

“If anybody gets highbrow around the studio, out he goes.”

“The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.”

“Last night somebody broke into my apartment and replaced everything with exact duplicates... When I pointed it out to my roommate, he said, "Do I know you?”

“If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.”