"I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especi..." — Whoopi Goldberg

I think the idea that you know who your inner self is on a daily basis, because... you know. What's good for you 25 years ago may not be good for you now. So, to keep in touch with that, I think that's the first ingredient for success. Because if you're a successful human being, everything else is gravy, I think.

I don't have pet peeves; I have whole kennels of irritation.

I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.